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Last of Chinese nationals arrive home safely

A NINTH chartered plane carrying Chinese nationals from riot-hit Kyrgyzstan landed in the northwestern city of Urumqi yesterday, ending China's largest overseas evacuation, in which 1,299 people were airlifted.

The arrival of the flight from the Central Asian nation brought relief for family members waiting at the airport and those evacuated from the city of Osh.

"My mother and my wife were in tears," said a businessman who, upon his arrival in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, made a phone call to his family in Kax, a city in southern Xinjiang.

"I was running a feedstuff business in Kyrgyzstan. I am so proud that our home country sent chartered flights."

There were no more Chinese nationals waiting to be evacuated at the Osh airport after the departure of the ninth chartered flight.

The Chinese government appointed an expert team to lead the evacuation that involved the Foreign Ministry, the Chinese Embassy in Bishkek, China Southern Airlines, Chinese organizations in Kyrgyzstan as well as Kyrgyzstan officials and military members.

Team members braved surrounding violence to complete the evacuation, said Chinese Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Wang Kaiwen.

 

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