New Delhi: Recently, the result of successful diplomacy of Narendra Modi government came to light, when it became possible to release 8 former Indian Navy officers who were sentenced to death in Qatar. He returned home safely. Along with all this, amid the ongoing tension between Iran and Israel, an Israeli cargo ship is in the headlines these days. Let us tell you that this Israeli cargo ship has been captured by Iran. There are a total of 25 people on board this ship, out of which 17 are Indians and one woman is also there.
Now in this matter also another big victory of Indian diplomacy and Indian foreign policy is being seen. The Indian government is looking for a way for the safe release of the Indians captured by Iran on the ship. An Israeli ship has been captured by Iran near the Strait of Hormuz. After the information about the presence of 17 Indians on this ship, the Foreign Ministry of India became active and now the Foreign Minister of Iran has also given a statement on this matter.
Regarding this matter, Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdullahian said that Indian officials will be allowed to meet the 17 Indians present on the cargo ship. Amir-Abdullahian telephoned Indian Foreign Minister S. Gave this information to Jaishankar. Whereas, Jaishankar had asked to release the Indian crew members aboard this cargo ship.
According to the news, Indian officials are in contact with Iran to ensure the release of 17 countrymen. Along with this, Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has expressed full confidence in bringing back the 17 Indian crew members aboard the cargo ship captured by Iran. He also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guarantee works not only within the country but also abroad.
Before this, be it from the war-torn areas of Russia and Ukraine, during the Palestine-Israel war, evacuating Indians stranded in Sudan or bringing back citizens stranded abroad during the Covid pandemic, the Modi government has done this time and again. Have shown it by doing. Let us tell you that it is the result of the successful foreign policy of the Narendra Modi government that we have been able to evacuate Indians stranded abroad from any corner of the world in every emergency. Not only this, apart from the Indian citizens, India also provided every possible help to the foreign citizens in such situations and along with its own citizens, it provided protection to the citizens of other countries and brought them out safely.
Wherever there was any kind of crisis or disaster all over the world, the Modi government was successful in taking out Indians from there and this can be seen as their diplomatic victory. The Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India has been running rescue operations to rescue its citizens stranded in crisis-hit countries around the world. In the last nine years, the Ministry of External Affairs has safely evacuated thousands of Indians from many countries.
Modi government evacuated more than 22,500 Indians from war-torn Ukraine under Operation Ganga. Similarly, under Operation Kaveri, more than 3,800 Indians stranded in Sudan were evacuated from there in 2023. With the capture of Afghanistan by the Taliban, in the year 2021, about 1,200 people were repatriated safely to their homeland under Operation Devi Shakti. These people also included 206 Afghans belonging to the Afghan Hindu/Sikh minority community.
When war broke out in Yemen between the government and Houthi rebels, about 5,600 people were evacuated from there under Operation Rahat run by the Modi government in 2015. In February 2019, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was brought back safely from Pakistan. Along with this, during the Corona epidemic, the Modi government had launched Vande Bharat Mission to bring back Indians stranded abroad. Under this mission, lakhs of Indians were brought back home.
After the earthquake in Nepal in 2015, Operation Maitri was launched by the government. Under this, more than 5,000 Indians returned home safely in a joint operation of the Army and Air Force. During this period, the Indian Army had also successfully evacuated 170 foreign nationals from America, Britain, Russia and Germany. (With IANS inputs)
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Tag: Iran News, PM Modi
first published : April 17, 2024, 06:55 IST
