New Delhi: An Indian Air Force airplane carrying 246 Indians evacuated from war-torn Sudan landed in Mumbai on Thursday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated. The airplane, which took off from Jeddah round 11 am IST, landed in Mumbai at round 3.30 pm, information company PTI quoted an official as saying. Earlier on Wednesday, the primary flight carrying 360 Indian evacuees from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia landed in Delhi.
Under its evacuation mission ‘Operation Kaveri’, India is taking the evacuees to the Saudi Arabian metropolis of Jeddah from the place they’re returning house. India has arrange a transit facility at Jeddah and Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan is overseeing the evacuation mission from the Saudi Arabian metropolis.
Another #OperationKaveri flight involves Mumbai.
246 extra Indians come again to the motherland. pic.twitter.com/So7dlKO0z6
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) April 27, 2023
“Our efforts to swiftly send Indians back home from Jeddah is paying. 246 Indians will be in Mumbai soon, travelling by IAF C17 Globemaster. Happy to see them off at Jeddah airport,” tweeted Union minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan minutes earlier than the airplane left for Mumbai.
Our efforts to swiftly ship Indians again house from Jeddah is paying.
246 Indians will likely be in Mumbai quickly, travelling by IAF C17 Globemaster. Happy to see them off at Jeddah airport.#OperationKaveri. pic.twitter.com/vw3LpbbzGw
— V. Muraleedharan (@MOS_MEA) April 27, 2023
600 Indian Evacuees Reached Their Homes: Foreign Secretary
Earlier on Thursday, briefing reporters on the continued evacuation mission ‘Operation Kaveri’, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra stated roughly 1,700 to 2,000 Indian nationals had been moved out of the battle zones and so they included the residents already evacuated out of Sudan in addition to those that are on their option to Port Sudan from capital metropolis Khartoum.
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The overseas secretary stated India has been in contact with the 2 warring factions in Sudan and different stakeholders and has been capable of evacuate its residents following a constructive response from the involved sides as they perceive that New Delhi stands for a really robust improvement partnership with Khartoum.
He stated “We are constantly monitoring the situation in Sudan since the conflict began on April 15. Our estimate is that there are approximately 3,500 Indians and 1,000 PIOs in Sudan.” He additional knowledgeable that round 600 Indian residents have already reached India.
“We have received requests for the evacuation of citizens of other countries from Sudan. This is subject to the fulfilment of the procedures,” he added.
Kwatra additional knowledgeable that aside from INS Sumedha and INS Teg, the third naval ship INS Tarkash has additionally reached Port Sudan on Thursday to evacuate Indians from Khartoum.
