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External Affairs Ministry called in
Ambassadors of both Russia and Ukraine separately yesterday and conveyed
deep concerns on safety and security of Indian citzens, particularly
the students based in Ukraine. Addressing the media in New Delhi,
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said that he shared with both
the envoys the locations where the Indian citizens are concentrated for
ensuring their protection. Mr Shringla said, the envoys took note of the
concerns and assured him of they are very cognizant of the safety and
security of the Indian citizens.
The Foreign Secretary also said, so far under Operation Ganga, thousand
of indian citizens have been flown out of Romania and Hungary and
another thousand have been evacuated from Ukraine through land routes
and flights have been organised for them. He informed that border
crossing to Hungary and Romania is functioning and however, the exit
point to Poland is clogged due to lakhs of foreign nationals trying to
escape from that point. He said, those who are near the borders of
Hungary and Romania are guided towards their border points in phases.
Mr Shringla said that Indian Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine and External
Affairs Ministry in Delhi had issued a number of advisories prior to the
situation developing in Ukraine. He said, 4000 of Indian nationals had
left before the conflict, pursuant to these advisories. He said, we
estimated at that time that about 15,000 citizens were left in Ukraine
when Operation Ganga commenced. He said, since the airspace in Ukraine
was closed after the conflict commenced, MEA identified land evacuation
options from Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Romania.
A dedicated Twitter handle has been set up by the External Affairs
Ministry to assist in the evacuation of Indians from Ukraine. MEA
Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi in a tweet said that people can direct all
related queries to @opganga.
Meanwhile, the fourth flight under Operation Ganga with 198 Indian
evacuees from Ukraine reached Delhi from Raomanian capital Bucharest
last night.
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