New Delhi: Indian missions in West Asia are coordinating with the concerned governments to help Indian nationals stranded in the region due to airspace closures, a senior official said on Wednesday.
Indian nationals were assisted in going from Bahrain to Dammam and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia to help them take flights.
“Flight operations have continued to be ramped up in the United Arab Emirates, including a lot of non-scheduled commercial flights, and they have been able to cater to most people who were in transit,” Aseem Mahajan, an additional secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), said.
Flights are also regularly operating from Jeddah, Medina and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, he said at a media briefing.
“There is very strong inter-ministerial coordination. Whenever any assistance is required, Indian missions are immediately reaching out to assist people,” Mahajan said.
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaswal said two Indian nationals, one in Israel and another in Dubai, were injured in attacks and are now recuperating.
“The welfare of our diaspora is of utmost priority to us,” he said.
Jaiswal said steps are being taken to ensure the security of some 9,000 Indian nationals in Iran, with students and pilgrims being relocated to safer places.
“Our embassy in Tehran is assisting people to cross the land border to Armenia and Azerbaijan and take commercial flights from there to come back home,” Jaiswal said.
