Current location:Culture Corridor news portal > business
Australia, New Zealand send planes to evacuate nationals from New Caledonia
Culture Corridor news portal2024-05-22 03:31:53【business】7People have gathered around
IntroductionNEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Australia and New Zealand sent airplanes to New Caledonia on Tuesday to
NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Australia and New Zealand sent airplanes to New Caledonia on Tuesday to begin bringing home stranded citizens from the violence-wracked French South Pacific territory.
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Australia had received clearance from French authorities for two flights to evacuate citizens from the archipelago, where indigenous people have long sought independence from France.
Hours later, a Royal Australian Air Force C-130 Hercules touched down in Noumea, the capital. The plane can carry 124 passengers, according to the Defense Department.
“We continue to work on further flights,” Wong wrote on the social media platform X on Tuesday.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said 300 Australians were in New Caledonia. It did not immediately confirm whether the Australian-organized flights would also evacuate other stranded foreign nationals, believed to number in the thousands.
Address of this article:http://antiguaandbarbuda.ekjotinstitute.com/content-12e599467.html
Very good!(63347)
Related articles
- China vows to actively promote restoration of int'l flights
- Xi Calls for Meeting Challenges of the Times Together at G20 Summit
- Presidium of China's annual legislative session holds 2nd meeting
- Xinhua Headlines: Xi, Biden Hold Candid, In
- The unstoppable duo of Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos
- (CPC Congress) 20th CPC National Congress Concludes
- Xi Meets Australian PM Albanese
- Xi Meets German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
- With Djokovic awaiting the winner, Murray trails Hanfmann at rain
- Xi Meets Argentine President Fernandez
Popular articles
Recommended
Israeli army says it kills over 130 militants in E. Rafah
Standing Committee of Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee Discusses Optimizing COVID
(CPC Congress) New CPC Leadership to Meet Press on Sunday
Xinhua Headlines: How the CPC's New Central Leadership Was Formed
Ricky Stenhouse punching Kyle Busch could lead to suspension
Exchange Event Convened to Mark 8th Anniversary of Lancang
Full Text of Constitution of Communist Party of China
Xi Stresses Studying, Understanding, Implementing Guiding Principles of Key Party Congress
Links
- London police say chemical attacker presumed dead
- Fox within sight of lead at US Masters midway point
- Labour defends roadside drug testing legislation
- Police reach end of pay negotiations, new offer on table
- Roger William ‘living man’ Blake’s jail term over Covid ‘cure’ converted to home detention
- Media minister Melissa Lee says interviews would have been 'boring'
- EDITORIAL: Sex offender checks must protect children, human rights
- Who are the Houthi rebels and why are they attacking Red Sea ships?
- EDITORIAL: Reform of WTO key to regaining dispute
- Te Kuiti woman Brownyn Rutter sentenced to home detention after fleecing sister of $1.6m