New Delhi: For the second consecutive day, Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth chaired a high-level meeting aimed at drawing up a firm evacuation plan for around 2,000 people in strife-torn Iraq, which is roughly one-fifth of the estimated number of Indians there.
Significantly, it has been decided that a second team from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) be sent to Iraq to assess the ground situation as well as the number of Indian nationals who are willing to return.
The evacuation proposal — the blueprint of which is expected to be briefed to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday — envisages, to begin with, the use of two IAF transporters and two Air India planes. Diplomatic sources said the possibility of an airport in Turkey being used as a parking bay or logistical base before the Indian carriers land in Baghdad has also been discussed.
28/06/14 Ritu Sarin/Manu Pubby/Indian Express
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Significantly, it has been decided that a second team from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) be sent to Iraq to assess the ground situation as well as the number of Indian nationals who are willing to return.
The evacuation proposal — the blueprint of which is expected to be briefed to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday — envisages, to begin with, the use of two IAF transporters and two Air India planes. Diplomatic sources said the possibility of an airport in Turkey being used as a parking bay or logistical base before the Indian carriers land in Baghdad has also been discussed.
28/06/14 Ritu Sarin/Manu Pubby/Indian Express
