India on Friday said it is looking at evacuating up to 90 of it𒁃s🧸 nationals from Haiti in view of the deteriorating security situation in the Caribbean nation.
Various gangs have launched coordinated attacks on key installations in Haiti in an atꦅtempt to force the resignation of the country's embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
There are between 75 and 90 Indians in Haiti and about 60 of them have registered with Indian authorities to return to India "if need be", external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at his weekly medi🗹a brie🅷fing. "We are ready to evacuate everybody," he said.
India doesn't have an embassy in Haiti and the situation in 💧the country is being monitored by the Indian mission at Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republღic.
The Ministry of External A🌄ffairs (MEA) has already opened control rooms and established emergency helpline numbers in Santo Domingo as well as in New Delhi. The Indian embassy in Santo Domingo said it is in touch with all Indians in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and other parts of the country.
"We are monitoring the situation. If required, we are ready 🅺to evacuate (the Indians)," ꦺJaiswal said.
"In view of the ongoing developments in Haiti, a 24-hours control room ജhas been set up in the Ministry of External Affairs to monitor the situation and provide information and assistance," the MEA said in a statement.
The criminal gangs in Haiti carried out att🦩acks on various installations of the country including police stations, the international airport and a couple of prisons.
The Indian community in Haiti in🦋clude doctors, engineers and technicians and ജmany missionaries.
