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At the high level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Ukraine crisis, it was decided that Union Ministers would travel to neighbouring countries to help the stranded Indians mostly students.
According to ANI report, Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju and Gen (Retd) VK Singh are set to travel to neighbouring countries of Ukraine to coordinate the evacuation mission and help students, say government sources.
Jyotiraditya Scindia will look after Romania and Moldova, Kiren Rijiju will go to Slovakia, Hardeep Singh Puri will go to Hungary and Gen (Retd) VK Singh will be in Poland to manage the evacuation of Indians stuck in Ukraine.
It may be noted that earlier on Sunday , Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting on the Ukraine crisis and asserted that ensuring the safety of Indian students and evacuating them is the government’s top priority, official sources said.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was part of the meeting, which was also attended by top government officials, including National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval.
Every student is being brought back, PM Modi is himself monitoring the situation and we have sent teams to neighbouring nations of Ukraine. MEA has also made a control room regarding the ongoing situation, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri was quoted as saying by ANI
