NCP chief Sharad Pawar speaks with EAM Jaishankar on evacuating Indians stuck in Ukraine
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Discussions included the possibility of the evacuation of Indian students via Russia, through the town of Belgorod and the matter of aiding students stuck at the Romania-Poland border was also discussed.
New Delhi: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday talked over the phone with External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and discussed evacuation of Indian students stuck in east Ukraine`s Kharkiv.
Discussions included the possibility of the evacuation of students via Russia, through the town of Belgorod and the matter of aiding students stuck at the Romania-Poland border was also discussed. Kharkiv is one of the majorly affected cities in the ongoing conflict.
Earlier today, Jaishankar said that two more flights under Operation Ganga left from Budapest for Delhi, carrying some 500 Indian students.
This comes at a time when the Centre is evacuating Indian citizens from Ukraine under the evacuation plan titled `Operation Ganga`.
On Sunday, in a high-level meeting chaired on the Ukraine crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accorded top priority to the evacuation of Indian students stranded in Ukraine.
