Jyotiraditya Scindia to oversee evacuation operations in Romania & Moldova, Rijiju in Slovakia
28 Feb 2022 17:46:06
New Delhi, February 28: Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia will be overseeing evacuation operations of stranded Indians in Romania and Moldova, while Minister of Law Kiren Rijiju will oversee Slovakia. Also, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri, will overlook operations in Hungary.
PM Modi reiterated that ensuring the safety of Indian students and evacuating them is the nation's top priority. It was also discussed to further enhance cooperation with neighbouring countries of Ukraine to expedite the evacuation of the stranded Indians.
Minister of State in Ministry of Road Transport Gen (Retd) VK Singh will manage evacuations in Poland. This comes after PM Modi deputed 4 Union Ministers to neighbouring countries of Ukraine to coordinate evacuations of stranded Indians amid ongoing Russian military operations in Ukraine.
A second high-level meeting in the last 24 hours over the prevailing situation in Ukraine, especially with the evacuation of Indian citizens, was chaired by PM Modi today. The PM held a two-hour-long meeting with Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba and a host of senior bureaucrats over the prevailing situation in Ukraine.
PM Modi reiterated that ensuring the safety of Indian students and evacuating them is the nation's top priority. It was also discussed to further enhance cooperation with neighbouring countries of Ukraine to expedite the evacuation of the stranded Indians.
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The union government under leadership of PM Modi, 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 "Operation Ganga". As many as 1,156 Indians from Ukraine have arrived in India so far.