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According to Minister Vytautė Šmaižytė’s spokesperson, Lithuanians will be offered places that have been rejected by Latvian or Estonian citizens. According to her, a total of 66 Lithuanians will return, 13 more than expected.
“There may be a little more Lithuanians returning; we have information about citizens of other countries who have refused to fly, vacancies will be offered to our people.” The embassy calls and informs, “V. Šmaižytė told BNS.
In addition, according to her, another Lithuanian national expressed her desire to return to Tallinn on Tuesday on a special flight of the Estonian airline, but the final information on this will be clear on Tuesday.
It was previously announced that 48 adults and five children under the age of two would fly from London to Riga on an Air Baltic flight on Monday evening. All of them were unable to return to their homeland due to the cancellation of flights from the UK.
The compatriots will be taken from Riga to Lithuania in two buses. They should be isolated for ten days or no more than 48 hours. negative result of a coronavirus test.
The plane will depart London Gatwick Airport at 5.30pm local time, it plans to land in Riga after 10pm local time.
In addition, the Baltic foreign ministers are scheduled to negotiate this week the resumption of commercial flights with the United Kingdom from 1 January.
“It is very important that the Baltic States decide on the resumption of flights together. We are in constant contact with our colleagues in Estonia and Latvia, and we look forward to a unified decision from the countries in the near future,” Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis told BNS .
A week ago a ban on the arrival of passenger aircraft from the United Kingdom came into force in Lithuania due to the spread of the coronavirus strain in this country.
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