The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has issued a fresh advisory for Indians travelling to Iraq. As per the recently issued advisory, the Ministry of External Affairs has asked Indian citizens to avoid travelling to Iraq’s five provinces including Nineveh, Salahuddin, Diyala, Anbar and Kirkuk as these regions are witnessing an escalation in tension in the wake of fresh attacks by ISIS terrorists.
The advisory directed the Indian nationals, who wish to travel for employment and already have work permits and appropriate visas may return to their jobs in the safe areas in Iraq other than those listed as unsafe areas. The external affairs ministry has also asked Indian nationals who are planning to visit Iraq to inform the Indian Embassy in Baghdad or Consulate General in Erbil prior to travelling to the country.
Further the advisory further stated that “Those Indian nationals wishing to travel for religious purposes, and having appropriate visa and return air-ticket, may also travel for pilgrimage to the holy places of Najaf and Karbala. They should not extend their religious pilgrimage to neighbouring Syria and not travel by road from Iraq to Syria or vice-versa.”
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