India Agree To help Evacuate Sri Lankan Nationals Stranded In Yemen

02 April, New Delhi

India has acceded to Sri Lanka’s request to evacuate stranded countrymen from strife-torn Yemen.

There are reportedly around 75 to 100 Sri Lankan expatriates, including students, in Yemen.

Sri Lankan Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister has instructed its High Commission in New Delhi and the Embassy in Muscat last week to liaise with Ministry of External Affairs of India and the Indian Embassies in Muscat and Sanaa to coordinate the evacuation process.

The Government of Sri Lanka has sought the assistance of the UN Office in Sanaa and the International Organisation for Migration in Colombo in the evacuation efforts, a Foreign Ministry said in statement on Wednesday.

The Indian Government has promptly acceded to the request to bring the stranded Sri Lankans along with Indian nationals, who are to be evacuated by air and sea on special flights and ships.