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MOFA issues warning on travel to UK

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) issued a yellow-level travel advisory to Great Britain-bound travelers yesterday, urging them to stay alert with regard to their personal safety during their stays there.

The travel advisory came after terrorist attacks in London on July 7 and July 21.

On Taiwan's three-color travel advisory scale, yellow is the least serious alert, followed by orange, which advises people to suspend non-essential trips to the stated regions, and red, which advises against trips to the listed regions.

Larry Wang (王豫元), director of MOFA's European Affairs Department, said the ministry decided to issue the advisory to Britain-bound travelers after a careful evaluation and consultations with other countries.

Immediately after terrorist bombings on several London tube stations July 7, Wang said, the MOFA directed the nation's representative office in Britain to closely monitor developments in the investigations.

"In addition to expressing condolences and sympathy to the British government and the families of the victims, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mark Chen (陳唐山) has also reminded our compatriots intending to travel to Britain to stay alert with regard to their personal safety," Wang said.

Following the July 21 failed blasts in four downtown London districts, Wang said, the MOFA conducted an overall review and decided to include London on the yellow-alert list as of yesterday.

Meanwhile, MOFA spokesman Michel Lu (呂慶龍) said the ministry is studying whether to issue a travel advisory for Egypt in the wake of a series of car bomb explosions at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik last weekend.
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