India’s gesture of evacuating students of neighbouring countries along with its citizens from Ukraine came in for praise as the Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Pakistani girl Asma Shafique thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this effort.
Hasina on Wednesday thanked Modi for rescuing her country’s nationals under “Operation Ganga,” alongside the stranded Indian nationals. At least nine Bangladeshi students besides some Nepalese and a Pakistani student were rescued.
Ama was evacuated from a war zone in Ukraine with help from the Indian Embassy in Kyiv. In a video, she thanked the Indian Embassy and the Indian Prime Minister for helping her escape a “very difficult situation”. She said, “I’m very thankful to the Embassy of India in Kyiv for supporting us all the way here as we were stuck in a very difficult situation.”
“I am also thanking the Prime Minister of India. Hope we get home safely, thanks to the Indian Embassy,” she added in the video posted by ANI news agency.
Asma is now on her way to western Ukraine from where she will eventually make her way out of the war-torn country. She will be reunited with her family soon, the news agency said quoting sources.