Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - Today, a group of Uzbek citizens flew from Istanbul to Tashkent on a charter flight of Uzbekistan Airways, Dunyo news agency reported.

Onboard 267 passengers, including 5 babies. Among the passengers are 27 Turkish specialists for the implementation of investment projects.

According to the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Turkey, previously 6 charter flights were organized to evacuate 1,435 fellow citizens to their homeland.

During the quarantine period, more than 7 thousand fellow citizens in Turkey received material and financial assistance from the Embassy in Ankara and the Consulate General in Istanbul in the amount of more than 317 thousand Turkish liras (46 thousand US dollars). In order to support Uzbek citizens temporarily staying in Turkey, more than 2.5 thousand of them were given food cards of the largest Turkish trading network “BİM” totaling 200 thousand lire.

The Consulate General in Istanbul during a charity event distributed among 6 thousand fellow citizens food products totaling 113 thousand 280 Turkish liras (27 thousand 574 US dollars), including 5.9 tons of potatoes, 3.3 tons of onions, 1.5 tons of chicken meat, 1.8 tons of pasta, 1.7 tons of rice and other products.

The diplomats of Uzbekistan in Turkey, sponsors and benefactors from among entrepreneurs - citizens of our country took part in the formation of the financial assistance fund.

As of 28 May, 159,797 cases of coronavirus were recorded in Turkey, including 1,035 in the last 24 hours, and the total number of people cured was 122,793, including 1,286 patients in the last 24 hours. Lethal outcomes - 4,431.