Jagan calls Foreign Minister, seeks help to evacuate students from Ukrain
Amaravati, Feb.25 (Maxim News): Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had a telephonic conservation with External Affairs Minister Dr S Jayashankar and sought his support in bringing back the Telugu students stranded in Ukraine. In this regard, the Chief Minister held a high-level meeting with the officials at the camp office on the safe return of the stranded students.
The External Affairs Minister told the Chief Minister that the Centre has been taking all possible measures to evacuate the students by relocating them to nearby countries and later shifting them to India. The Chief Minister urged the Union Minister to bring back the stranded students safely and assured them to provide any support if required.
During the meeting with the senior officials, the Chief Minister directed them to establish communication with everyone from the State and find out their well-being and take appropriate measures for their safety. He also told them to provide necessary information to Central Government officials, especially the information received from the stranded people in Ukraine. He instructed the authorities to evacuate people through special aircraft from the State if necessary.
Further, the Chief Minister also directed authorities to set up control rooms at the district level and collect details of the stranded students.
Meanwhile, the officials informed the Chief Minister that they are constantly in touch with the Union Foreign Ministry and APNRTS for the safe return of Telugu students from Ukraine.
Chief Secretary Sameer Sharma, Chief Minister’s Special Principal Secretary Jawahar Reddy, Chief Minister’s Secretary Dhanunjay Reddy, AP Bhavan Principal Resident Commissioner Praveen Prakash, Government Advisor Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy and Special Officer International Cooperation Jitesh Sharma were present at the meeting.
Speaking to the media later, the Chief Secretary said the Chief Minister has been constantly reviewing the situation and taking steps to bring back the stranded students from Ukraine. In regard to this, he said various helplines +48660460814, +48606700105, 1902, 8500027678 have been set up both in Ukraine and in Andhra Pradesh to assist the students and their parents. He said four teams were set up in the borders of Ukraine connecting Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Romania to airlift the students safely. (Maxim News)
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