93 Uzbek Citizens taken from Syria to Tashkent as part of Humanitarian Operation “Mehr-5”

Islamabad; On the evening of April 30, 2021, 24 women and 69 children arrived in #Tashkent from the Syrian refugee camp Al-Hol.

In accordance with the humanistic policy of #Uzbekistan, another good deed on the holy days of Ramadan was the operation “Mehr-5”. As a result of this operation, 93 women and children were returned from #Syria to the republic.

Women and children were held in the camp for over three years. The husbands of these women were killed in the fighting in Syria.

Returned citizens will be accommodated in the “Buston” sanatorium in Tashkent region and will be provided with medical, psychological and social assistance. Also, the necessary work will be carried out on the preparation of documents confirming their identity.

Particular attention is paid to carrying out a lot of work on the rehabilitation and reintegration of returned compatriots, providing them with medical and psychological assistance, material assistance.
It should be emphasized that the Government of #Uzbekistan has carried out four humanitarian actions “Mehr-1”, “Mehr-2”, “Mehr-3” and “Mehr-4”. As part of these actions, 438 women and children were returned to Uzbekistan from the zone of armed conflict in the Middle East and Afghanistan.

It should be recalled that on March 2, 2021, another humanitarian operation “Mehr-4” was carried out in Uzbekistan.

As part of the operation, 24 citizens of Uzbekistan were repatriated from Afghanistan through the Hairaton bridge, which connects the Surkhandarya region with the IRA. Of the evacuees, 19 are children, 4 of them are orphans.

The operation was carried out with the assistance of the Syrian and Afghan governments and other partner countries.

These reforms, in Uzbekistan, are aimed at preserving peace and protecting human rights, carried out in accordance with the decision and initiative of the Head of State #Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

“I must admit that such humanitarian operations are a very difficult and risky process.”

Their success is based on the dedication of the President of Uzbekistan and the high professionalism of employees of diplomatic missions, law enforcement agencies, and medical workers of the Republic.