Nepal prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba thanked PM Narendra Modi for evacuating Nepali nationals who were stranded in Ukraine

New Delhi: Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Saturday thanked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian government for evacuating four Nepalese citizens, mostly students, from Ukraine amidst the military offensive by Russia.

Four Nepali nationals have just arrived in Nepal from Ukraine via India.

Thank you Prime Minister @narendramodi and the Government of India for the assistance in repatriating Nepali nationals through the #OperationGanga.

— Sher Bahadur Deuba (@SherBDeuba) March 12, 2022

Deuba took to Twitter to express gratitude for the Indian government and wrote, “Four Nepali nationals have just arrived in Nepal from Ukraine via India. Thank you Prime Minister @narendramodi and the Government of India for the assistance in repatriating Nepali nationals through the #OperationGanga.”

The evacuation of the Nepalese students was done as part of India’s ‘Operation Ganga’ the evacuation mission to bring back the Indians stuck in Ukraine after Russia began the invasion of Ukraine on February 24.