{"id":3255,"date":"2023-04-26T22:16:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T16:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsunitedindia.com\/3255\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T22:16:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T16:46:06","slug":"flight-carrying-360-indians-evacuated-from-sudan-lands-in-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsunitedindia.com\/?p=3255","title":{"rendered":"Flight Carrying 360 Indians Evacuated From Sudan Lands In Delhi"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The first batch of 360 Indians from crisis-hit Sudan arrived in New Delhi this evening under “Operation Kaveri”.<\/p>\n

“India welcomes back its own. #OperationKaveri brings 360 Indian Nationals to the homeland as first flight reaches New Delhi,” tweeted Foreign Minister S Jaishakar, along with arrival pictures.<\/p>\n

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India welcomes back its own. #OperationKaveri<\/a> brings 360 Indian Nationals to the homeland as first flight reaches New Delhi. pic.twitter.com\/v9pBLmBQ8X<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) April 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The evacuation comes days after Mr Jaishankar spoke to his Saudi Arabia counterpart. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a high-level meeting to review the security situation in Sudan.<\/p>\n

“Operation Kaveri” is a rescue mission launched by the government to evacuate stranded Indian citizens from Sudan where the Sudanese Army and paramilitary groups are fighting.<\/p>\n

The warring factions in Sudan agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire on Monday after the US and Saudi Arabia mediated the truce while countries are engaged in evacuating their citizens from the country.<\/p>\n

Under its evacuation mission, India has set up a transit facility at Jeddah and all the Indians have been taken to the coastal Saudi Arabian city after their evacuation from Sudan.<\/p>\n

Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan is in Jeddah to oversee the evacuation mission.<\/p>\n

Earlier, on Saturday, Saudi Arabia said it has evacuated 66 citizens of “brotherly and friendly” foreign countries that included a few Indian nationals from Sudan.<\/p>\n

Battles between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary since mid-April has killed at least 459 people and injured more than 4,000, according to the WHO.<\/p>\n

The nearly two weeks of urban combat has sparked a mass exodus of foreigners, while the UN has warned a giant new refugee crisis could be brewing.<\/p>\n

Foreign governments have frantically organised road convoys, aircraft and ships to get thousands of their nationals out of Sudan, and citizens have fled overland to neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n