- The External Affairs Ministry is seeking support from the other Gulf countries: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia as well
- Ambassadors of the Gulf countries met the ministry and discussed assistance and suggest ways to evacuate Indians from Iraq
- Ministry met the families of 39 men who are captivated in Mosul, Iraq and they have been urging the government to figure out a way to evacuate them at the earliest, else threatened a protest at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar
- Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin told that the abducted men are safe and camps are set up in Najaf, Karbala and Basra cities for emergency evacuation
- Air way and water way team is ready will be pressed into action if the violence, or the numbers of those wanting to be evacuated warrants it
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/mea-gears-up-for-iraq-evacuation/article6161295.ece