Days after the Indian executive evacuated 9 Bangladeshi nationals from war-torn Ukraine underneath its flagship ‘Operation Ganga’, Bangladeshi High Minister Sheikh Hasina wrote to PM Narendra Modi thanking him for the reinforce.
In a letter dated March 15, 2022, Hasina mentioned, “Excellency, I write to precise my trustworthy due to you and your Executive for extending reinforce and help in rescuing and evacuating some Bangladeshi nationals along side the Indians who have been stranded in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.”
“The wholehearted cooperation that your Executive has been extending on this regard is a testomony to the original and enduring dating that our two international locations were playing through the years,” she persevered.
Screebgrab of the letter by way of Sheikh Hasina
The Bangladeshi High Minister recalled the State discuss with of Narendra Modi throughout the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence and the beginning centenary of her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
“Our bilateral ties were additional consolidated thru significant engagements in any respect ranges during the last years. I’m assured that each Bangladesh and India would proceed to face by way of every different at all times and paintings in combination to understand the collective aspirations of the peoples of the 2 international locations,” she concluded.
147 international nationals from 18 international locations evacuated underneath Operation Ganga
On March 15, Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar shared the main points of Operation Ganga which used to be introduced to evacuate stranded Indian nationals from Ukraine amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict. “India evacuated 147 international nationals from 18 international locations throughout its evacuation project”, he mentioned within the Rajya Sabha throughout the Price range Consultation of the Parliament.
Operation Ganga used to be introduced on February 26 to evacuate just about 20,000 Indian nationals who have been caught in Ukraine amid the warfare. A number of particular flights were operating from Poland, Romania, and Hungary to carry the scholars house.
“47 further officers of the Ministry of Exterior Affairs have been dispatched. Together with our embassy team of workers, those officers went to unusual lengths to make sure the luck of Operation Ganga. Beneath the operation, 90 flights have been operated – 14 of those have been Indian Air Drive planes. Maximum non-public airways additionally participated,” S Jaishankar mentioned on March 15.