Saudi Arabia is set reopen its borders for citizens looking to travel to the UAE, from Wednesday morning.
An official source in the Saudi Ministry of Interior revealed that citizens would be allowed to travel to neighbouring UAE, as well as South Africa and Argentina, with all three countries removed from the kingdom’s banned list from 11am.
A report by state-run Saudi Press Agency said: “Citizens will be allowed to travel to the three referred countries.” However, it was stressed that precautionary and preventative measures to guard against the spread of coronavirus must be adhered to.
Saudi Arabia Announces Removing UAE, South Africa, Argentina from Entry Banned Country List as of 11 AM Tomorrow, Wednesday.https://t.co/itPrWKeZuh#SPAGOV pic.twitter.com/b4e1f3ocDL
— SPAENG (@Spa_Eng) September 7, 2021
The kingdom suspended travel to the UAE at the start of July following instructions from the GACA of Saudi Arabia.
The report on SPA added that “all procedures and measures are subject to continuous evaluation by the competent health authorities in the kingdom, according to the developments in the epidemiological situation in the world”.
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