This happens only in India: Foreign nationals too were evacuated from Yemen by Indian Warship

New Delhi, April 8: Exemplary of brotherhood and humanity, India has not restricted its rescue operations in Yemen to just Indians. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that the government is trying to rescue the citizens of foreign countries as well. "4,000 people evacuated so far from Yemen. We will bring back citizens of other countries as well,"he said.

Meanwhile, 26 countries have requested India to rescue their nationals too. A Tweet by the spokesperson of the MEA-Syed Akbaruddin- mentioned the names of the countries. However, till date nationals of 23 countries have been evacuated. The details can be followed in the Tweets below.

We will end r air evacuation efforts from Sanaa tomorrow, 8th April. All who want to avail should leave tomorrow. Spread the word around.

— Syed Akbaruddin (@MEAIndia) April 7, 2015

232 persons from 26 countries evacuated by India from Yemen. Efforts continuing. pic.twitter.com/kFajqxEfhz

— Syed Akbaruddin (@MEAIndia) April 7, 2015

Responsivess to international community. List of countries whose nationals have been evacuated by India from Yemen pic.twitter.com/Jj4gpKlO37

— Syed Akbaruddin (@MEAIndia) April 7, 2015

American Embassy Notice in Yemen http://t.co/7s9sejQ5hn .India helps Americans trapped @SushmaSwaraj @MEAIndia pic.twitter.com/V0eE6Q36gC

— SankarK (@SMedia4) April 7, 2015

Thank you Excellency @RajeevShahare for evacuating the stranded Maldivian student Suhail Ali from Yemen @EducationMv

— Abdulla Nazeer (@NazeerP1) April 7, 2015

A thousand coming back tonight to India, if all goes well.5 flights planned from Djibouti to India carrying those evacuated from Yemen.

— Syed Akbaruddin (@MEAIndia) April 7, 2015

India helped evacuate also Germans out of Yemen. Thank you India! @narendramodi @MEAIndia @SushmaSwaraj

— Michael Steiner (@Amb_MSteiner) April 7, 2015

Indias evacuation efforts from Yemen enter final phase - Happy faces all around in the Control Room at Djibouti. pic.twitter.com/6XfBwYuspg

— Syed Akbaruddin (@MEAIndia) April 8, 2015

Meanwhile, Minister of State for External Affairs General VK Singh has landed himself in trouble with a controversial statement saying,"This job isn't as exciting as going to the Pakistan High Commission," despite overseeing the evacuation process from the Djibouti port himself.

[Read: Pakistan to fly 11 evacuated Indians from Yemen to New Delhi]

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