Russia has evacuated another 175 of its personnel from Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant via Armenia, the Russian Embassy in Armenia said, expressing gratitude to the Armenian authorities for their assistance.

“On April 6, another 175 Russian citizens who had been evacuated from the Bushehr nuclear power plant and arrived in Armenia from Iran through the Norduz–Agarak checkpoint departed from Yerevan to Moscow on a special flight,” the embassy said in a statement.

The embassy noted that, thanks to the coordinated and complex efforts of Russian diplomats and representatives of the Armenian side, a total of 509 Russian citizens have returned to Russia via Armenia since the beginning of the war in Iran.

“We express our deep gratitude to the authorities of the Republic of Armenia for their kind attitude toward the employees of the state corporation Rosatom and for the prompt processing of their entry,” the embassy said.