The Centre on March 2 informed the Kerala High Court that it was taking all necessary measures for repatriating Indians and Indian students from Ukraine.
The submission was made by S. Manu, Assistant Solicitor General when a writ petition seeking a directive to the Centre to take steps to facilitate repatriation of students from Kerala stranded in Ukraine came up before Justice N. Nagaresh.
In a statement, the Centre submitted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had spoken to leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Slovak Republic and Poland regarding safety and facilitation of evacuation of Indian nationals from Ukraine. The Union Minister for External Affairs had also spoken to Foreign Ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Poland, Hungary, Slovak Republic and Moldova. Besides, in addition to the passenger flights, Indian Air Force Flights were also being sent to these countries for evacuation of stranded Indians. More IAF flights would also be sent in the coming days.
