India evacuated from Yemen, where the military operation in Djibouti, more than 440 people, including foreign Residents in 17 countries, said on Sunday, press Secretary of the Ministry of defense of India, Sitanshu CT.

"in the cabin of a warship "Mumbai" - 441 evacuated: 240 men, 121 women and 80 children, " wrote Carr on Twitter.

according to his statement, except for Indians in the cabin of the vehicle 176 are foreigners - Residents of Yemen, Hungary, UK, USA, France, Egypt, Canada, Italy, Romania, Sweden and other countries, and among them two Citizens of Russia.

How to say Indian media, the evacuation of the Indian ship in the port city of Aden occurred during the bombardment, which the Yemeni authorities did not allow "Mumbai" to enter the port. Indians and foreigners were transported on small boats that plied between the port and " Mumbai ".

according to the foreign Ministry of India, now 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. In total, the Indian authorities evacuated from Yemen more than 1, 8 thousand people, about 700 of whom returned to their homeland.

International coalition with the participation of Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf countries, as well as Egypt, Jordan and Sudan began on 26 March 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 goal is to make the Houthis, joined by supporters of ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh to return power to the President Abd rabbu Hadi and the government, which they suspended from running the country. Hadi is now outside Yemen.

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