The Russian Embassy in Ashgabat recommends that Russians who are in Turkmenistan return to their homeland as soon as possible.

In connection with the scheduled organization of a Charter flight on the route Turkmenabat – Moscow on March 28, 2020, the Embassy of the Russian Federation on its official website asks all Russian citizens who are on the territory of Turkmenistan and want to fly home to contact the Embassy by phone for emergency calls +99361981168.

Last week, the Embassy of the Russian Federation was working on the possibility of returning home its citizens temporarily located on the territory of Turkmenistan, in connection with the suspension of regular flights between the two countries from March 17, 2020.

According to RIA News, earlier the Russian Embassy reported that the total number of people interested in flying to Moscow is about 100 people. However, the diplomatic mission believes that there may be significantly more Russian citizens temporarily staying on the territory of Turkmenistan.

Earlier, it was also reported that an agreement was reached between the embassies of Russia and Belarus to accept Belarusian citizens on Board an aircraft planning to fly from Turkmenistan to Moscow's Domodedovo airport for transit through the Russian Federation to the Republic of Belarus.

On March 11, the world health organization declared the outbreak of a new COVID-19 coronavirus infection a pandemic. According to official reports, there are no cases of coronavirus in Turkmenistan.