new Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a high-level meeting to review India’s security preparedness and the current global scenario in the context of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister P.K. Mishra participated in the high level meeting.
Prime Minister Modi has chaired several high-level meetings with senior cabinet ministers and officials since Russia launched military action against Ukraine on February 24 and India has called for ‘airlifting stranded Indian nationals, including students’. A massive evacuation mission called ‘Operation Ganga’ has been launched.
So far, the government has brought back more than 20,000 Indians from the war-torn country through neighboring countries of Ukraine.
On March 11, over 600 Indian students stranded in the northeastern city of Sumi were taken to New Delhi using a humanitarian corridor provided by the Ukrainian authority.
These Indian students arrived here on Friday on three flights, including a C-17 Globe Master of the Indian Air Force as part of Operation Ganga.
The Sumy region, located in the north-east of Ukraine and close to the Russian border, was hit by heavy Russian shelling and bombardment.
Around 700 Indian students were trapped there as it became impossible to evacuate them under heavy bombardment.
The governments of Russia and Ukraine declared a ceasefire after Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin on 7 March and provided a humanitarian corridor, providing safe passage for the remaining Indian citizens to evacuate. was requested to do.
—AnyTV News
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