Families of embassy staff in Iraq flown home
With the impending war in Iraq, the Malaysian government is taking no chances and has flown home family members of its embassy staff there.
"Only eight staff members remain in the embassy now and they too will be flown home if the United States attacks Iraq," a Bernama report quoted Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar as saying today
He said the goverment was monitoring developments in the area through the Malaysian embassy and had worked out contingency plans for the remaining Malaysians in Iraq.
With the impending war in Iraq, the Malaysian government is taking no chances and has flown home family members of its embassy staff there.
"Only eight staff members remain in the embassy now and they too will be flown home if the United States attacks Iraq," a Bernama report quoted Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar as saying today
He said the goverment was monitoring developments in the area through the Malaysian embassy and had worked out contingency plans for the remaining Malaysians in Iraq.
Students ready to leave
He said the 200-odd Malaysian students in Iraq had been told to be ready to leave the country if necessary.
"The war will not only create instability in the world but also worsen the economies of developing countries," he said. He said the war would not only involve Iraq but would spill over the whole West Asia region.
On the effect of the possible war in Iraq on the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Kuala Lumpur from Feb 20 to 25, he said the summit would go on as scheduled.
"If there is war then there is all the more reason for NAM countries to have a meeting in Kuala Lumpur, because we must have a cohesive voice...we must be able to send our message of peace", the foreign minister added
