Diplomacy: How India Secured Its Nurses Release In Iraq

[timmy]

Single line lo cheppu na..who did that nice job

ఇరాక్ లో నర్సుల విడుదల మోడీ సర్కారుకు దౌత్యపరంగా అద్భుతమైన విజయమే అని చెప్పుకోవచ్చు. కరడుగట్టిన తీవ్రవాదుల చెర నుంచి బొట్టు రక్తం చిందకుండా బందీలను విడిపించడం మామూలు విషయం కాదు. ఇందుకోసం కేంద్రం సర్వశక్తులూ ఒడ్డింది. విదేశీ వ్యవహారాల మంత్రి సుష్మా స్వరాజ్ అన్ని పనులు మానుకుని నర్సుల వ్యవహారంపైనే దృష్టిపెట్టారు. 

గల్ఫ్ దేశాల విదేశాంగ మంత్రులతో ఆమె నిరంతరం టచ్ లో ఉన్నారు. ఏంచేస్తే, ఎవరిని కలిస్తే సమస్య పరిష్కారం అవుతుందో తెలుసుకుని, సరిగ్గా గురి చూసి బాణాలు విసిరారు. ఇరాక్ లో ఐఎస్ఐఎస్ ప్రాబల్య ప్రాంతానికి సమీప దేశాలైన జోర్డాన్, సిరియా, టర్కీ ప్రభుత్వ వర్గాలతో చర్చోపచర్చలు జరిపారు. ఎట్టకేలకు మిలిటెంట్లను నర్సుల విడుదలకు ఒప్పించగలిగారు. 

కాగా, నర్సుల విడుదల కోసం కొన్ని అనధికార మార్గాల్లోనూ ప్రయత్నాలు సాగినట్టు భారత విదేశాంగ శాఖ ప్రతినిధి సయ్యద్ అక్బరుద్దీన్ తెలిపారు

[timmy]

Bringing an end to the ordeal, 46 Indian nurses have returned to Kochi after being held in captivity by ISIS militants in the war torn Iraq. Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy is present at the airport to receive the Indians returning from Iraq.

Relieved to have the nurses back in India, the Kerala CM said thanked the Narendra Modi government for ensuring the return of the Indian nurses from strife-hit Iraq. "The Centre has acted in complete understanding of the deep anxieties of Kerala. The Ministry of External Affairs and the Indian Embassy in Iraq have made sincere efforts in securing the release of the nurses. Our main focus was to see that the nurses come back home safely," Chandy said.

Minister of External Affairs General VK Singh also said that the government was working on the rescue of the Indians in Iraq and it paid off.

From Kochi, the special Air India flight will head to Hyderabad where nearly 70 passengers will deboard the plane.

The flight which carries 130 other passengers too, had left Erbil for India at around 4.30 am IST but was initially not allowed to land in Erbil. However, according to the Kerala CM, he spoke to Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj and the matter was soon resolved.

The flight landed at the Mumbai airport on Saturday morning and thereafter flew to Kochi. From Kochi, the Special Air India flight is headed to Hyderabad where nearly 70 passengers will deplane after which the plane will move to Delhi.

The ordeal of the nurses, who were working at a hospital in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, began when a swift ISIS (Islamic State for Iraq and Syria) offensive was launched on June 9. The nurses were moved out on Thursday against their will and detained in the militant-held city of Mosul, 250 km from Tikrit.

While some Indians have been brought from Iraq, the MEA has assured that the resources that went into freeing the nurses would be used in the case of others too.

"People are still in captivity and we are aware of the captors," said Akbaruddin. Without divulging any information on the efforts that went into the freeing of these 46 nurses, MEA said, "Anything we say may possibly impact other elements. So I won't say who we worked with and how we worked."

Nearly 1,500 Indian have registered to leave Iraq from the no-conflict zone. Already, about 1,000 Indian nationals have been given tickets to travel out of Iraq by the ministry.

There were about 10,000 Indians before the start of the serious strife between government troops and Sunni militants backed by al Qaida

[Barney_Stinson]

Nice job.. Vaaypayi during his tenure was a good diplomat too

[ManOnFire]

Very happy to know they r safe.
I am closely following the iraq crisis.. What stood out was that none of the insurgent groups or ruling govt. have anything against Indian Nationals... Heck we can land our plane on Iran's soil with a short notice... There r a very few countries whom iran considers as their friends and we r one of them.
This incident just proves again that india has such a goodwill among the middle east nations no matter who they r.. Sunni, shia..
I salute and thank thise isis people for not harming our citizens. :)

maraka manchidey konni sarlu