New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting on Sunday to review India’s security preparedness and the prevailing global scenario amid the ongoing conflict in war-hit Ukraine. The meeting was attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, NSA Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Srhingla and other senior officials. The prime minister has chaired a number of such meetings to spearhead India’s efforts to safely bring back its nationals who have been scrambling to leave Ukraine after Russia launched an attack on it.
#WATCH Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs a high-level meeting to review India’s security preparedness and the pre… t.co/gONRKvYREU— ANI (@ANI) Mar 13, 2022 The Central government launched ‘Operation Ganga’ on Februray 24 to evacuate its citizens and sent four Union ministers — Kiren Rijiju, Hardeep Singh Puri, Jyotiraditya Scindia and General VK Singh — as PM Modi’s “Special Envoys” to neighbouring countries of Ukraine to coordinate the exercise. The country has also been able to rescue several citizens of the neighbouring countries like Bangladesh and Nepal through ‘Operation Ganga’. Amid the evacuation of Indian from Ukraine, Jaishankar will be making a statement in the second part of the Budget Session in Parliament on ‘Operation Ganga’.Related NewsPM Modi explains reason for India’s neutrality in Russia-Ukraine war India has been able to evacuate around 20,000 stranded citizens in more than 80 special evacuation flights so far, as per various reports.