Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday praised the Indian Navy for their commendable job in evacuating stranded Indian citizens and foreign nationals from strife-torn Yemen.
"The Indian Navy has been doing a great job. Almost 3,000 Indians stranded in Yemen have been evacuated. The Indian nationals, including some foreigners, have been shifted without injury or a single loss of life," he said.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had on Sunday assured that all Indian nationals would be evacuated from Yemen.
"We shall evacuate all Indian nationals from Yemen. Nobody will be left behind for want of travel documents," she tweeted.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had yesterday confirmed that 488 Indians had been evacuated from Sana'a, while a further 182 were rescued from coastal town Ash Shihr.
This followed the rescue of 439 Indians by the Indian Navy's guided-missile destroyer INS Mumbai from Yemen's port city Aden earlier on Saturday.
