As part of the mission, special flights are operated by Air India. (File)
Bucharest:
The Indian embassy in Romania said on Tuesday that no visa is required for Indian students housed in Bucharest to leave Bucharest on special flights.
On Twitter, the embassy said it is receiving inquiries from the students evacuated from Ukraine that they may not be able to leave after a few days due to visa requirements.
“We have received questions from Indian students who have been evacuated from Ukraine and who are currently in reception centers in Romania that they may not be able to leave after a few days due to the visa requirement. We want to make sure that no visa is required to leave Romania on special flights The embassy said on Twitter.
We have received inquiries from Indian students who have been evacuated from Ukraine and currently in shelters in Romania that they may not be able to leave after a few days due to visa requirements. We want to make sure that no visa is required to leave Romania via special flights. @opganga@MEAIndia
— India in Romania (@eoiromania) March 1, 2022
Meanwhile, the seventh flight carrying 182 Indian nationals stranded in Ukraine reached Mumbai on Tuesday from Romania’s Bucharest as part of Operation Ganga.
Union Minister Narayan Rane received the evacuated Indian nationals at Mumbai airport.
Earlier today, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said the eighth flight carrying 216 stranded Indian nationals has departed from the Hungarian capital Budapest for New Delhi, while the ninth flight carrying 218 Indians has departed from the Romanian capital Bucharest to New Delhi as part of Operation ganga.
We will not rest until our fellow Indians are safe.
Ninth #OperationGanga flight departs from Bucharest to New Delhi with 218 Indian nationals. https://t.co/uQzlBMlxi9
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) February 28, 2022
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while presiding over a high-level meeting on the Ukraine crisis Monday night, said the entire government apparatus is working around the clock to ensure all Indians stranded in Ukraine are safe, Foreign Ministry spokesman Arindam said. bagchi.
This was the second high-level meeting chaired by the Prime Minister during the day on the prevailing situation in Ukraine. Government sources said Monday that the ‘special envoys’, including Union ministers Hardeep Singh Puri, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju and Gen (retd) VK Singh, will travel to Ukraine’s neighbors to coordinate the evacuations of stranded Indians during ongoing Russian military operations in Ukraine.
The union government has launched Operation Ganga to retrieve stranded students and Indian civilians from conflict-torn Ukraine. As part of the mission, special flights are operated by Air India.
