Operation Kaveri: First batch of Indians leave conflict-hit Sudan for Jeddah aboard INS Sumedha
Mangalore Today News Network / News18
New Delhi, April 25, 2023: The external affairs ministry on Tuesday said the first group of Indians stranded in Sudan left the conflict-hit nation in an Indian Navy warship for Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah.
The external affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted photos of the Indians aboard the INS Sumedha.
First batch of stranded Indians leave Sudan under #OperationKaveri.
— Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) April 25, 2023
INS Sumedha with 278 people onboard departs Port Sudan for Jeddah. pic.twitter.com/4hPrPPsi1I
“First batch of stranded Indians leave Sudan under Operation Kaveri. INS Sumedha with 278 people onboard departs Port Sudan for Jeddah,” Bagchi tweeted, with photos and a five-second video, where the evacuated citizens could be heard chanting ‘Jai Hind’ and waving the tricolour to thank the government for arranging for their evacuation.