India began evacuating its citizens from the Yemeni capital Sanaa by air, said last working day of the week authorized official of the foreign Ministry of India Syed Akbaruddin.

in March, an International coalition with the participation of Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf countries, as well as Egypt, Jordan and Sudan began in Yemen military action against supporters of the movement "Ansar Allah" (the Houthis), which controls most of the territory of the country, among them the capital Sana'a.

"The first air evacuation from Yemen has passed safely. 2 aircraft Air India was taken in total, 351 Indian from Sana'a to Djibouti ", - He wrote on his page on Twitter.


He also said that 306 Indians evacuated on Thursday night from the port of Hodeidah on a military ship " Sumitra ", successfully reached the coast of Djibouti and waiting for our departure to India. In addition, another 35 Indian Residents traveled from Yemen to Saudi Arabia and is currently located in the port city of Gizan the Yemeni border.

before Indian authorities have already returned to their homeland 358 Indians living in the area of confrontation in Yemen.

according to the foreign Ministry of India, now in opposition in Yemen have the opportunity to be around 4 thousand Indians. Last year India evacuating its citizens from conflict zones for the fourth time: first the Indians were taken from Ukraine, Iraq and Libya.

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