Statement on Update of Embassy and Consulate Closure
Press Statement
Jen Psaki
Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
August 4, 2013
Given that a number of our embassies and consulates were going to be closed in accordance with local custom and practice
for the bulk of the week for the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan, and out of an abundance of caution, we've
decided to extend the closure of several embassies and consulates including a small number of additional posts.
This is not an indication of a new threat stream, merely an indication of our commitment to exercise caution and take
appropriate steps to protect our employees including local employees and visitors to our facilities.
Posts in Abu Dhabi, Amman, Cairo, Riyadh, Dhahran, Jeddah, Doha, Dubai, Kuwait, Manama, Muscat, Sanaa, Tripoli,
Antanarivo, Bujumbura, Djibouti, Khartoum, Kigali, and Port Louis are instructed to close for normal operations Monday,
August 5 through Saturday, August 10.
The following posts that are normally open on Sunday, but were closed on Sunday, August 4, are authorized to reopen for
normal operations on August 5: Dhaka, Algiers, Nouakchott, Kabul, Herat, Mazar el Sharif, Baghdad, Basrah, and Erbil.
ENDS