New Delhi, June 26 (UNI) India has so far evacuated 3,426 Indian nationals from Iran and 818 Indian nationals from Israel, besides 11 OCI cardholders, nine Nepalese citizens, several Sri Lankan nationals, and one Iranian national who is the spouse of an Indian citizen, the MEA said today.
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, addressing the media briefing, said that these were the figures so far of the Indians evacuated since Operation Sindhu began on June 18.
He said that India expresses deep gratitude to the governments of Iran, Turkmenistan, Jordan, Egypt, and Armenia for their cooperation in the evacuation process. He thanked Iran for the “special gesture” of opening its airspace to facilitate the evacuation.