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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia to Lift Travel Ban on March 31

Travelers wearing protective face masks walk at Riyadh International Airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 31, 2020. (Reuters)

Saudi Arabia will lift a ban on international flights from Wednesday March 31, the state news agency SPA said on Friday.

The country will allow its citizens to travel abroad and then return from March 31, and will open all air, land and sea ports from the same date, the agency added according to an official source at the Interior Ministry.

It stressed that health restrictions will be in place to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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