India ends evacuation in Yemen 5600 pulled out
Date
4/10/2015 6:13:14 AM
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The total no. of Indians evacuated from Sanaa by air has crossed 2900 by 18 special flights since the beginning of the air operations
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New Delhi -India has ended its massive evacuation efforts of its nationals in Yemen pulling out 5600 people including 4640 Indians and 960 nationals from 41 countries the government said.
The evacuation operation from Yemen is over. General V.K.Singh is returning tonight. We are closing our Embassy there.
— Sushma Swaraj (SushmaSwaraj) April 9 2015 External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted: "The evacuation operation from Yemen is over. General V.K. Singh is returning tonight. We are closing our Embassy there."
Earlier the external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin tweeted that India concluded its evacuation efforts in Sana'a by airlifting over 630 people by three special Air India flights from the Yemeni capital.
Akbaruddin said the security situation in Yemen has deteriorated further with a bomb blast at Aden port on Thursday. "India completes its air evacuations from Sana'a".
"The total no. of Indians evacuated from Sanaa by air has crossed 2900 by 18 special flights since the beginning of the air operations" he tweeted.
"Indian naval vessels have also evacuated over 1670 Indians from Aden Al Hudaydah and Al Mukalla ports in Yemen since 31 March" he wrote.
"Indian Naval Ship INS Sumitra evacuated 349 persons including 46 Indians and 303 foreign nationals from Al Hudaydah port on April 9" he said.
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