India rescued 1947 foreigners |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the External Affairs Ministry for the evacuation operations in Yemen. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj informed the Lok Sabha that India not only managed to safely evacuate 4,741 Indians, but also 1,947 foreign nationals from 48 countries till April 18 under the most difficult circumstances. Swaraj praised her Minister of State Gen. (Retd) V. K. Singh saying he led from the front like a General. He personally supervised all rescue efforts from the camp office in Djibouti and shuttled between Sana`a and Djibouti, sparing no effort to accomplish this difficult task. Highlighting the efforts made by the Indian forces, she said Indian personnel helped nationals of the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Russia, all of which faced difficulties in evacuating their people. The Indian Embassy has been relocated to Djibouti till the situation returns to normalcy in Yemen.
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