New Delhi
One Naga medical student arrived here on Wednesday, March 2, from Ukraine.
The girl student hails from Dimapur in Nagaland and is a daughter of a medico.
"I walked for two days to reach Poland," she said. "It's good to be at home," she said.
Olika Mlato from Dimapur
The special aircraft here at around 1000 hours and the Naga student was received at the airport by Nagaland Government officials led by Sr PRO Koulie Mere.
Deputy Resident Commissioner Wennyei Konyak accorded her a warm welcome at the Nagaland House, 29 Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road.
The Nagaland government is organising her fly to Dimapur in Nagaland tomorrow, March 3.
Meanwhile, from Mizoram two nuns working with Missionaries of Charity Rosela Nuthangu and Ann Feda are still stranded in Ukraine, sources said.
UNGA reprimands Russia, India, China abstains
Nirendra Dev
New Delhi
India stuck to its 'national interest' policy vis-a-vis the Russia-Ukraine conflict and at theUN General Assembly on Wednesday decided to abstain during voting on a resolution that cast aspersions on Russia and deplored Moscow's "aggression against Ukraine".
The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted by 141 votes out of 193 members andreprimanded Russia and demanded that it start withdrawing its military forces.
The move aims to diplomatically isolate Russia at the world stage even as India and China among 35 membersabstained from voting. Five countries including Russia, Syria and Belarus voted against the resolution.
Delivering a statement after the vote, Indian Ambassador to the UN, T S Tirumurti, said that New Delhi has been deeply concerned over the rapidly deteriorating situation in Ukraine and the ensuing humanitarian crisis.
"We remain firm in our conviction that differences can only be solved through dialogue and diplomacy," he said pointing out India has always supported the international community's call for immediate ceasefire.
PM Narendra Modi spoke on phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin - twice within a week.
Earlier the Russian envoy to India appreciated India's viewpoint at the UNSC on the matter saying in effectthe Indian government has understood the gravity of the crisis.
“The leaders (Putin and Modi) reviewed the situation in Ukraine, especially in the city of Kharkiv where many Indian students are stuck. They discussed the safe evacuation of the Indian nationals from the conflict areas,” a PMO statement said.
Denis Alipov, the new Russian envoy to India, said Moscow is working on a “humanitarian corridor” for safe passage of Indians.
MEA spokesman Arindam Bagchi said an estimated 17,000 Indian nationals have left Ukraine borders since first of advisories were issued in the last week of January.
Foreign Secretary Harsh V Shringla has said, “In the United Nations we take positions that are based on certain careful considerations, and certainly we do regard the merits of each and every case [and] take decisions in our best interest".
India has friendly ties with both the US and Russia.
Russia is India's old friend and major defence supplier whereas the US is India's crucial strategic partner, especially in the context of Indo Pacific and the policy towards
China.
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17,000 Indians leave Ukraine, 'Conflict in east zone matter of concern'
New Delhi
The conflict in eastern Ukraine between the Russian and UKraine military remains a matter of concern, the government has said.
MEA spokesman said the advisory issued by the Indian embassy in Ukraine asking citizens to leave Kharkiv is based on information from Russia.
"We would urge all our nationals to leave Kharkiv immediately to safe zones," he said.
But he said there have been some encouraging reports that some students were able to board trains out of Kharkiv.
" ...We have been in communication with the Russian side regarding safe passage of our nationals from
Kharkiv and other cities," he said.
The MEA also stated that an estimated 17,000 Indian nationals have left Ukraine borders since advisories were issued
in the last week of January.
Between Tuesday and Wednesday evening at least six flights have landed in India, taking the total number of
flights that have landed in India to 15.
The total number of Indians who have returned on these flights would be 3,352, MEA spokesperson Bagchi said.
"As many as 15 flights are scheduled over the next 24 hours (Wednesday to Thursday evening).
Some of these are already actually enroute," he remarked.
He further said the government is exploring options to reach eastern Ukraine to assist the
evacuation of citizens who are stuck there.
"We are seeing if our teams can reach there, it's not easy because the route is not open all the
time".
On the administrative front, he said, a mechanism for issuing emergency certificates to those who lost
their Indian passports has been instituted.
"I think this will also help many Indian students," said Bagchi.
Bagchi said the Indian embassy in Kyiv was asked to set up a temporary office in Lviv to facilitate
border crossings by Indian nationals, adding a large segment of the team in the mission is now at Lviv.
Separately, Chandan Jindal, an Indian national in Ukraine's Vinnytsia lost his life due to natural causes.
His family members are also in Ukraine, Bagchi said.
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