Ukraine crisis
PM Modi holds third-high level meeting on Ukraine crisis in 24 hrs: Reports
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing a meeting to discuss the situation in war-hit Ukraine, the third one in 24 hours, reports said.
According to reports, top ministers and officials are attending the meeting.
Following a request from the Ukrainian government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier in the day decided to send four key ministers of the government to the neighbouring countries of Ukraine to coordinate the evacuation mission and help students stranded amid the war between Moscow and Kyiv, sources said.
Minister for Housing and Development Hardeep Puri, Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia, Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju and Former Army Chief and MoS for Road Transport and Highways Gen V K Singh will be going for the mission.
The decision was taken at a high-level meeting on the Ukraine crisis chaired by the Prime Minister.
He assured that ensuring the safety of Indian students stranded in Ukraine and their evacuation is the government's top priority.
Modi also chaired a high-level meeting late Sunday evening which lasted for over two hours and it was discussed to further enhance cooperation with neighbouring countries of Ukraine to expedite evacuation, sources said.
India has abstained on a UN resolution linked to Russia's Ukraine invasion for the second time in a week but welcomed the talks between ceasefire Moscow and Kyiv.
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