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NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday appreciated Pakistan's "generous gesture" of evacuating 11 of its nationals from strif-torn Yemen and flying them here by a special aircraft.
"It was a very positive, good, generous gesture," foreign secretary S Jaishankar told reporters here when asked to comment on the evacuation of Indians by Pakistan and then bringing them here by a special flight.
"Pakistan took great trouble and we need to appreciate that," he added.
The 11 Indians were evacuated by a Pakistani navy ship from Yemen to Karachi along with 171 Pakistanis. The Indians were then flown here on Wednesday.
Jaishankar said the crisis like in Yemen provides an opportunity for countries to work together as noted that India too had evacuated 409 nationals of 32 countries, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
"Different countries are helping out irrespective of nationalities," he said, adding India sees it as an opportunity to cooperate with each other while some may see it as "posturing".
An Indian national, evacuated from Yemen by Pakistani navy ship, waves upon his arrival at Karachi port in Pakistan, on April 7, 2015. (AP photo)
On Saturday, Pakistan evacuated 11 Indians along with 148 Pakistani citizens from Yemen's southeastern city of Mokallah, which is now almost entirely under control of al-Qaida fighters.
READ ALSO: India evacuates 232 nationals of 26 countries from Yemen
The PNS Aslat has set off for Pakistan after successfully evacuating 148 citizens and 35 foreigners, including 11 Indians, from Mokallah, the foreign office said.
The PNS Aslat, dispatched earlier, arrived in Mokallah on Friday. The roads leading to the port had been closed.
India appreciates Pakistan’s gesture of evacuating its nationals from Yemen - The Times of India
Modi thanks Sharif after Pak forces evacuate 11 Indians from Yemen
YEMEN: As Pakistan ferried 11 Indians whom it evacuated from strife-torn Yemen, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday thanked his counterpart Nawaz Sharif for the "humanitarian gesture" and remarked that "service to humanity knows no borders".
"I welcome our 11 citizens who've returned from Yemen with assistance from Pakistan. Thank you PM Nawaz Sharif for your humanitarian gesture," Modi tweeted.
"Service to humanity knows no borders. Glad we helped many countries in evacuation from Yemen," he added. The Prime Minister noted that India too also extended help to Pakistan and other neighbours Bangladesh, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka to evacuate their citizens from Yemen.
Sharif had on Tuesday offered to send the 11 Indians evacuated by Pakistani navy from Yemen by a special flight, which was readily accepted by India. They were airlifted from Karachi to New Delhi today.
Earlier on Wednesday, foreign secretary S Jaishankar also appreciated Pakistan, saying "it was a very positive, good, generous gesture... Pakistan took great trouble and we need to appreciate that."
READ ALSO: [URL='http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-appreciates-Pakistans-gesture-of-evacuating-its-nationals-from-Yemen/articleshow/46852396.cms']India appreciates Pakistan's gesture of evacuating its nationals from Yemen
The Indians were evacuated by a Pakistani Navy ship from Yemen to Karachi along with 171 Pakistanis.
Jaishankar said the crisis like in Yemen provides an opportunity for countries to work together as he noted that India too had evacuated 409 nationals of 32 countries, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. "Different countries are helping out irrespective of nationalities," he said, adding India sees it as an opportunity to cooperate with each other while some may see it as "posturing". [/URL]
Modi thanks Sharif after Pak forces evacuate 11 Indians from Yemen - The Times of India
"It was a very positive, good, generous gesture," foreign secretary S Jaishankar told reporters here when asked to comment on the evacuation of Indians by Pakistan and then bringing them here by a special flight.
"Pakistan took great trouble and we need to appreciate that," he added.
The 11 Indians were evacuated by a Pakistani navy ship from Yemen to Karachi along with 171 Pakistanis. The Indians were then flown here on Wednesday.
Jaishankar said the crisis like in Yemen provides an opportunity for countries to work together as noted that India too had evacuated 409 nationals of 32 countries, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
"Different countries are helping out irrespective of nationalities," he said, adding India sees it as an opportunity to cooperate with each other while some may see it as "posturing".
An Indian national, evacuated from Yemen by Pakistani navy ship, waves upon his arrival at Karachi port in Pakistan, on April 7, 2015. (AP photo)
On Saturday, Pakistan evacuated 11 Indians along with 148 Pakistani citizens from Yemen's southeastern city of Mokallah, which is now almost entirely under control of al-Qaida fighters.
READ ALSO: India evacuates 232 nationals of 26 countries from Yemen
The PNS Aslat has set off for Pakistan after successfully evacuating 148 citizens and 35 foreigners, including 11 Indians, from Mokallah, the foreign office said.
The PNS Aslat, dispatched earlier, arrived in Mokallah on Friday. The roads leading to the port had been closed.
India appreciates Pakistan’s gesture of evacuating its nationals from Yemen - The Times of India
Modi thanks Sharif after Pak forces evacuate 11 Indians from Yemen
YEMEN: As Pakistan ferried 11 Indians whom it evacuated from strife-torn Yemen, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday thanked his counterpart Nawaz Sharif for the "humanitarian gesture" and remarked that "service to humanity knows no borders".
"I welcome our 11 citizens who've returned from Yemen with assistance from Pakistan. Thank you PM Nawaz Sharif for your humanitarian gesture," Modi tweeted.
"Service to humanity knows no borders. Glad we helped many countries in evacuation from Yemen," he added. The Prime Minister noted that India too also extended help to Pakistan and other neighbours Bangladesh, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka to evacuate their citizens from Yemen.
Sharif had on Tuesday offered to send the 11 Indians evacuated by Pakistani navy from Yemen by a special flight, which was readily accepted by India. They were airlifted from Karachi to New Delhi today.
Earlier on Wednesday, foreign secretary S Jaishankar also appreciated Pakistan, saying "it was a very positive, good, generous gesture... Pakistan took great trouble and we need to appreciate that."
READ ALSO: [URL='http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-appreciates-Pakistans-gesture-of-evacuating-its-nationals-from-Yemen/articleshow/46852396.cms']India appreciates Pakistan's gesture of evacuating its nationals from Yemen
The Indians were evacuated by a Pakistani Navy ship from Yemen to Karachi along with 171 Pakistanis.
Jaishankar said the crisis like in Yemen provides an opportunity for countries to work together as he noted that India too had evacuated 409 nationals of 32 countries, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. "Different countries are helping out irrespective of nationalities," he said, adding India sees it as an opportunity to cooperate with each other while some may see it as "posturing". [/URL]
Modi thanks Sharif after Pak forces evacuate 11 Indians from Yemen - The Times of India
