A total of 345 Indian fishermen stranded in Iran amid the ongoing West Asia conflict arrived safely in Chennai yesterday evening after being evacuated through Armenia.

 

According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the fishermen were brought back as part of India’s continued efforts to ensure the safety of its nationals in the conflict-affected region. Earlier in the day, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, in a social media post, expressed gratitude to the Armenian government for facilitating the evacuation and thanked his counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan for enabling the safe transit of Indian nationals from Iran to India amid the conflict. 

 

Armenia has been facilitating the evacuation of Indian nationals in Iran. On Thursday, the MEA said that more than 1 thousand 2 hundred Indian nationals have been safely evacuated from Iran, out of which 996 moved to Armenia.