Kazakhstan completes evacuation its nationals from Gaza
13:20, 23 January 2009
ASTANA. January 23. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ 4 female nationals of Kazakhstan with their 12 children who were evacuated from the Gaza Strip have arrived in Almaty in the morning today, Kazinform has learnt from the MFA?s press service.
The evacuation started at night on January 20. Having crossed ?Rafah? checkpoint our citizens were delivered to Egypt. From Cairo the evacuees left for Istanbul and then to Almaty.
On the way to Kazakhstan they were accompanied by our diplomats who provided them with three-time hot meals.
Earlier two Kazakhstanis were evacuated from Gaza.