Minister Hardeep Puri En Route To Budapest To Aid Evacuation Of Indians
Mumbai: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri is en route to Budapest in Hungary on an Indigo flight to aid the evacuation of Indian citizens stranded in war-hit Ukraine Also Read: Operation Ganga: PM Modi Asks Air Force To Join Evacuation Efforts In Ukraine
“All set to bring back our young students back home safely… enroute to Budapest with a refuelling stop in Istanbul with the ever efficient 6E boys and girls,” tweeted Puri.
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The minister was on board an IndiGo flight, which was pressed into evacuation service. This comes as government sources said on Monday that “special envoys” including Union ministers Hardeep Singh Puri, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju and General (retd) VK Singh came to Ukraine to help in the ongoing Russian military conflict in the neighbouring countries. Will travel to coordinate the evacuation of stranded Indians. Operations in Ukraine. Also Read: Indian Student Killed In Shelling In War In Ukraine, Informs MEA
Meanwhile, the seventh flight carrying 182 Indian nationals stranded in Ukraine reached Mumbai from Bucharest, Romania on Tuesday under ‘Operation Ganga’. Union Minister Narayan Rane received the evacuated Indian nationals at the Mumbai airport. Also Read: 64-Km-Long Russian Convoy Nears Ukraine’s Kyiv, Pics Surface
Earlier on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while chairing a high-level meeting on the Ukraine crisis on Monday evening, said that the entire government machinery is working round the clock to ensure that all Indians stranded in Ukraine are safe and secure. , said the ministry. Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Arvind Bagchi.
The central government has launched ‘Operation Ganga’ to bring back stranded students and Indian citizens from conflict-torn Ukraine.
Special flights are being operated by Air India under the ‘Operation Ganga’ mission. Also Read: Leave Kyiv Urgently Today: India To Its Nationals In Ukraine
In another development, the Indian embassy in Ukraine on Tuesday advised its citizens to leave the capital of Kyiv “immediately today” amid the deteriorating security situation due to the Russian-Ukraine conflict.
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