Narendra Modi has called a high level meeting on Ukraine issue . According to sources, the ministers of the central government will go to the neighboring countries of Ukraine , Romania, Hungary, Poland, from where Indian students are being evacuated. The ministers who are being sent there include Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, Hardeep Puri, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and General VK Singh. These ministers are going as special envoys of India. The decision has been taken to send them there, so that the problems being faced by Indian citizens can be removed on-spot. The ground situation was also reviewed during the meeting.
Apart from PM Modi, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar , Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and senior central government officials were present in the meeting. Sources related to the matter said that the meeting of the PM lasted for more than 2 hours. In the meeting, the PM said that ensuring the safety of our students and expelling them from Ukraine is our top priority. In addition, discussions were held to increase cooperation with Ukraine’s neighboring countries to expedite the evacuation.
PM Modi had a conversation with Putin a few days ago
In view of the global situation arising in the wake of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, Prime Minister Modi had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin recently and appealed to stop the violence and start talks. Earlier on Thursday too, a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security Affairs was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Modi. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and many other ministers participated in this.
Safe return of more than 1100 Indians so far
PM Modi expressed deep anguish over the loss of life and property due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. He also urged the Ukrainian authorities to take appropriate steps for the speedy and safe evacuation of Indian nationals. Let us inform that so far more than 1100 Indians have returned safely from Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. However, still a large number of citizens are trapped there.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday evening called a second high-level meeting on the Ukraine crisis after it was decided in an earlier meeting to send four Union ministers to the neighbouring countries of the war-hit nation to coordinate efforts to evacuate Indian students stranded there.
Modi had chaired a meeting on Sunday evening as well and had asserted that the safety and evacuation of Indians from Ukraine, attacked by Russia, is a top priority for his government.
Union ministers Hardeep Puri, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju and V K Singh will be going as “special envoys” of India, government sources had earlier said.
Scindia will take care of evacuation efforts from Romania and Moldova while Rijiju will go to Slovakia.
Puri will go to Hungary while Singh will be in Poland to manage the evacuation of Indians who have come from Ukraine through land borders.
