New Delhi: Nearly 1,600 Indian nationals in Iraq are being provided tickets by the Indian government for their return, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said on Sunday.
Two other special flights will be operated to New Delhi from Najaf and Basra in the next 36 to 48 hours with approximately 200 Indians, he said at a press conference.
Mr Akbaruddin said 486 telephone calls had been received at control rooms from stranded Indians in Iraq and all of them were being responded to.
"We are responding to each one of them," he said.
Two other special flights will be operated to New Delhi from Najaf and Basra in the next 36 to 48 hours with approximately 200 Indians, he said at a press conference.
Mr Akbaruddin said 486 telephone calls had been received at control rooms from stranded Indians in Iraq and all of them were being responded to.
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