The Interim Government has issued 13 directives discouraging foreign travel by government officials and employees.

This information was confirmed on Wednesday (December 11) by a reliable source in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Earlier on Monday (December 9), these directives were issued through a circular.

The instructions are:

1. Foreign travel will be discouraged in general.

2. A list of potential foreign trips for the year must be prepared and maintained.

3. A ministry-specific database for foreign travel should be created. The Chief Advisor's Office will develop and maintain this framework.

4. Government officials at all levels are advised to avoid traveling abroad simultaneously.

5. Ministry advisors and secretaries should generally refrain from traveling abroad together. However, if such travel is deemed essential for national interest, the necessity must be explicitly stated.

6. Secretaries of ministries and heads of subordinate departments or agencies should avoid traveling abroad together unless there is an unavoidable national interest.

7. When proposing participation in foreign seminars/workshops, it must be clarified which level of officials the inviting authority has invited and what levels of officials from other participating countries will attend.

8. Proposals for foreign travel must include the necessity of the travel, the relevance of the proposed official to the activity and the expected benefits.

9. In cases of procurement, pre-shipment inspections, or factory acceptance tests, only the relevant specialists should be considered for travel.

10. Unnecessary travel funded by public money must be avoided.

11. Officials at all levels should avoid leisure trips abroad.

12. Government officials and employees should refrain from taking long-term educational leave.

13. Proposals for foreign travel must include a detailed record of the proposed official's foreign travel over the past year.