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Two ships on way to Yemen to rescue stranded Indians: Chandy
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, March 28
Two
ships have set sail to Yemen to bring back stranded Indians, including a
good number of Keralites, from the war-torn Arab country, said Chief
Minister Oommen Chandy on Friday.
Chandy made the announcement
after he was informed of the development by External Affairs Minister
Sushama Swaraj informed him of the new developments Friday night.
"I
did speak to several people who are there in Yemen and while some of
them are yet to get back their passports, the Indian embassy has been
told that those who do not get back their passports should be issued an
outpass and once they are here, they will be given fresh passports. All
of them are safe," said Chandy in a release issued in
Thiruvananthapuram.
"The ships are expected to take five days to
reach Yemen and by then, all the formalities for the stranded Indians to
come out would be done with help coming from Saudi Arabian
authorities," he said.
As per the present plan since the airports
in Yemen are closed, the Indians there will be taken by ship to
Djibouti across the Red Sea and from there, will be airlifted to India.