NEW DELHI
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday thanked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for rescuing her country’s nationals under ‘Operation Ganga,’ alongside the stranded Indian nationals who were being evacuated from war-hit Ukraine.
According to Indian media, India has rescued nine Bangladeshis from Ukraine so far, as well as several Nepalese and Tunisian students, through the special flights it has been running under its evacuation mission ‘Operation Ganga’. One Pakistani national was also rescued by Indian authorities, and is now en route to western Ukraine for further evacuation out of the country.
India has been trying to evacuate its nationals, mainly students, from Ukraine since late-February, but was having trouble doing so in eastern parts of the country, particularly the northeastern city of Sumy, where almost 700 Indian students had been stranded and weren’t able to leave despite repeated efforts.
