MFA urges Kazakhstani students in Hong Kong to return home

AKIPRESS.COM - The Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan amids the ongoing mass protests recommends students, who study in Hong Kong, to return home, spokesman of the MFA Aibek Smadiyarov said, Interfax reports.
"In connection with the escalation of the protests in Hong Kong, including deterioration of the situation on the territory of the universities and nearby districts, a number of universities of Hong Kong, where Kazakhstani students study, decided to cancel classes or switchover to a distance learning until the second semester. This January 2020. the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan strongly recommends all students in Hong Kong to come back to Kazakhstan," Smadiyarov noted.
According to him, the exact number of Kazakh students in Hong Kong is unknown. 118 students have already returned to Kazakhstan.
Smadiyarov also urged the citizens of Kazakhstan not to visit Hong Kong without urgent need.