Jakarta, Sept. 16 -- Indonesia will have repatriated all 78 of its citizens stranded in Nepal by Thursday, following deadly anti-government protests that have rocked the country since early September, the foreign ministry said on Monday.

Judha Nugraha, the ministry's director for citizen protection, said 74 Indonesians had returned on commercial flights by Sunday. Two more were due back on Monday and the remaining two on Thursday.

"By Thursday, all 78 Indonesian citizens who were on short visits to Nepal will have been repatriated," Nugraha told reporters, noting that most were attending an international conference or visiting as tourists.

He said the security situation in Nepal was beginning to stabilise, citing the lifting of a curfe...