Agencies
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 9:
Amid escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine, a Pakistani student Asma Shafique stranded in the war-hit country was rescued by the Indian authorities.
According to sources, Shafique is now en route to Western Ukraine for further evacuation out of the country and will be reunited with her family soon, said the sources.
After the Indian authorities rescued her, Shafique expressed her gratitude towards the Indian embassy in Kyiv and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for their support.
“I want to thank the Indian embassy of Kyiv for supporting us all the way here as we were stuck in a very difficult situation and I also want to thank the Prime Minister of India for supporting us. Hope we get home safely because of the Indian embassy,” she said.
This is not the first time a foreign national was rescued by India.
Earlier, India had evacuated one Bangladeshi national, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), that had later also informed that that one Nepali citizen will be coming on board an Indian flight under Operation Ganga.
