New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Monday that India will send humanitarian aid including medicines to war-torn Ukraine.
The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Besides, the MEA said four Union Ministers will be deployed as special envoys to the neighbouring countries of Ukraine to coordinate the evacuation process of Indians, including students, still stuck in the war-torn country.
Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia will be going to Romania, Kiren Rijiju to the Slovak Republic, Hardeep Puri to Hungary, and VK Singh to Poland to coordinate and oversee the evacuation process, said MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.
“Evacuation efforts on…Situation on the ground continues to be complex and fluid, some of them quite concerning, but we have been able to accelerate our evacuation process,” the MEA spokesperson said.
He added that about 8,000 Indian nationals have left Ukraine since the Indian Embassy in Kyiv first issued an advisory.
Three more flights are scheduled in the next 24 hours to bring back more Indians, the MEA spokesperson said. He added, “Flights are not the constraint, main focus is to ensure Indians cross the border and reach a safe place.”
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