An IAF C-130J aircraft with 135 Indians from Port Sudan arrived in Jeddah early Wednesday morning.
An IAF C-130J aircraft with 135 Indians from Port Sudan arrived in Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah early Wednesday morning. This was the third such batch reduced from war-torn Sudan under Operation Kaveri. The government of India will facilitate the journey of these Indian nationals back to the country soon, tweeted MoS in Ministry of External Affairs V Muraleedharan. Earlier this morning, another IAF aircraft with 148 Indian citizens landed in Jeddah. The Indian government is running Operation Kaveri to extract stranded citizens from Sudan which has been hit by severe violence due to clashes between the country’s forces and rebel RAF.
V Muraleedharan tweeted, “Third batch comprising 135 Indians from Port Sudan arrived in Jeddah by IAF C-130J aircraft. Onward journey to India for all who arrived in Jeddah will commence shortly.”
Third batch comprising 135 Indians from Port Sudan arrived in Jeddah by IAF C-130J aircraft.
Onward journey to India for all who arrived in Jeddah will commence shortly. #OperationKaveri pic.twitter.com/OHhC5G2Pg8
— V. Muraleedharan (@MOS_MEA) April 26, 2023
On another batch that landed in Jeddah, the minister tweeted, “First IAF C-130J aircraft under #OperationKaveri from Port Sudan carrying 148 Indians landed in Jeddah. Glad to see the joy in the Indians.”
First IAF C-130J aircraft under #OperationKaveri from Port Sudan carrying 148 Indians landed in Jeddah.
Glad to see the joy in the Indians. pic.twitter.com/PwvDFFiHFK
— V. Muraleedharan (@MOS_MEA) April 25, 2023
The first batch of Indians stranded in Sudan were evacuated under Operation Kaveri on Tuesday. INS Sumedha departed Port Sudan for Jeddah with 278 people onboard. Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday that India has launched Operation Kaveri to rescue its citizens stranded from war-torn Sudan. Jaishankar said the government was “committed to assist all our brethren in Sudan”. The government said it was focusing on the safety of over 3,000 Indian citizens presently located throughout Sudan.