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Thursday, April 2, 2015

Saudis to Assist in Evacuation of Indian Nationals from Yemen

Indian nationals flee the chaos of the emerging civil war in Yemen


Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has requested that Saudi King Salman assist India in evacuating Indian nationals from Yemen. Two Indian merchant vessels and two warships left for Yemen, which is in the throes of a Houthi rebel uprising. The ships are to ferry stranded Indian expatriates back home; however, the Yemeni port of Aden is currently under rebel control.

The king assured Prime Minister Modi that India and Saudi Arabia enjoy a close relationship and guaranteed the prime minister of his full attention to the protection of Indians in Yemen, promising to assist in their early and safe evacuation. Saudi coalition airstrikes, part of Operation Decisive Storm, are targeting Shi’ite rebels fighting to overthrow the Yemeni government.

New plans center on evacuating Indian nationals from the Yemeni port of al-Hudaydah to Djibouti, where they will board military transports for their journey home.

(Source: The Indian Express Online [New Delhi])

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