PH Embassy, Royal Thai Embassy Cooperate to Evacuate their Nationals from Ukraine to Poland

Deputy Chief of Mission Mardomel Celo D. Melicor (front row, second from left) and Minister Counsellor Jeerasak Pomsuwan (front row, third from left), join hands to show ASEAN solidarity as they pose in front of Thai and Filipino evacuees before leaving Lviv to Warsaw. (Warsaw PE photo)

WARSAW, 03 March 2022 – The Philippine Embassy in Warsaw safely evacuated 19 Filipinos from Ukraine to Poland on board the Embassy van and a bus chartered by the Royal Thai Embassy which also drove Thai nationals across the border. Consul General Mardomel Celo Melicor and Assistance-To-Nationals (ATN) Officer Ariel Esparto escorted the Filipinos during the border crossing.

Philippine Ambassador to Poland Leah M. Basinang-Ruiz and Thai Ambassador Chettaphan Maksamphan were on hand to welcome their respective nationals as they arrived in Warsaw.

Ambassador Ruiz conveyed her deepest appreciation to her Thai counterpart for Thailand’s generous accommodation of Filipinos in their chartered bus, noting it as a prime example of ASEAN spirit of solidarity and cooperation.

The Philippine Embassy in Warsaw arranged for the accommodation of the evacuees as they await their eventual repatriation to Manila. END

Royal Thai Ambassador Chettaphan Maksamphan (second from left) warmly welcomes Philippine Ambassador Leah M. Basinang-Ruiz (second from right) as they await the bus carrying Thai and Filipino evacuees, accompanied by their Spouses Madame Alisa Maksamphan (extreme left) and Mr. Alejandro Ricardo Ruiz (extreme right).

ATN Officer Ariel Esparto (seated front, blue jacket) accompanies the Filipino evacuees in the bus carrying them to the hotel in Warsaw where they will stay while awaiting repatriation.

Ambassador Ruiz looks on as the Filipino evacuees check into their hotel in Warsaw where they will stay while awaiting repatriation. (Warsaw PE photos)

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