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Delhi control room responding to Iraq crisis: MEA

| | Jun 22, 2014, at 05:02 pm
New Delhi, June 22 (IBNS): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said the control room in New Delhi is responding to all requests for assistance related to Indian nationals stranded in the strife-torn Iraq.
"24X7 Responses! Control Room in New Delhi responds to all requests for assistance related to Indian nationals in Iraq," MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin tweeted.
 
Meanwhile, Human rights watchdog Amnesty International India on Saturday claimed fresh evidence has emerged which showed hundred of Indian nationals may be stranded in Najaf province of conflict-hit Iraq.
 
"Evidence has emerged which suggests that several hundred Indian nationals may be stranded in the Najaf province of Iraq, unable to return home because their employer refuses to return their passports,"  Amnesty International India website said.
 
"All the workers are reportedly employed by an infrastructure and construction company. Amnesty International India spoke with some of these workers, who said they have not been paid salaries for the past five months," it said.
 
India on Friday said the situation in Iraq  remained a matter of priority for the Indian government.
 
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin  said  the government is in touch with the 46 Indian nurses from the country who are stranded at a hospital in  Iraqi city of Tikrit.
 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attended a high-level meeting over the situation of Indians currently present in conflict-hit Iraq.
 
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