Tuesday June 7, 2022
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has lifted the direct and indirect ban
on Saudi citizens from traveling to Indonesia, the Ministry of Interior
announced on Monday.
The Ministry said the decision to lift the travel ban
follows the continuous assessment of the coronavirus situation in the country
in accordance with what has been submitted by the competent health authorities.
The Kingdom banned its citizens from traveling to Indonesia
in July 2021 due to the outbreak of the pandemic and the spread of a new
mutated strain of the Covid-19 virus. It also urged all Saudis who were present
in Indonesia at that time to return home immediately.
The General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) announced
earlier that Saudi citizens have been banned from traveling to 15 countries due
to the spread of COVID-19 cases in those countries.
The list of countries includes Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iran,
Afghanistan, India, Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Libya, Vietnam, Armenia, Belarus, and Venezuela.