Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday praised the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for their commendable job in evacuating stranded Indian nationals from strife-torn Yemen.
“A minister of the government went there, and I salute General V K Singh for his efforts. You might have seen on social media, if someone tweets Sushmaji, she replies even if it is at 1 a.m. Could you have imagined or ever seen the Ministry of External Affairs working like that?” Prime Minister Modi said while addressing a workshop for BJP lawmakers on the various pro-poor programmes of the government.
“In Yemen, there was bombardment for 24 hours.
The total number of Indians evacuated from Sana’a by air has crossed 2,900 by 18 special flights since the beginning of the air operations.
Indian naval vessels have also evacuated over 1,670 Indians from Aden, Al Hudaydah and Al Mukalla ports in Yemen since March 31.
Indian Naval Ship INS Sumitra evacuated 349 persons, including 46 Indians and 303 foreign nationals from Al Hudaydah port on April 9.
The entire evacuation effort has resulted in the evacuation of over 5600 persons. These include over 4,640 India n nationals and about 960 foreign nationals from 41 countries.
