New Delhi: After Pakistan has refused to airlift and evacuate its citizens from Wuhan despite several appeals from families of those based in the epicentre of coronavirus outbreak citing “larger interests” of the region and the world, India on Thursday has announced its willingness to reach out and evacuate them provided the Pakistani government requests so.
Spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs Ravish Kumar said, "India will consider evacuating Pakistani students if the Imran Khan government requests for the same."
The MEA was replying to a question by a reporter who raised the issue of videos shot allegedly by Pakistani students where they demand Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help them evacuate from Wuhan due to coronavirus. However, he also added that if such a situation arises and India has the resources, then it would consider helping the Pakistani students in evacuating them from Wuhan.
After the Indian Government evacuated its students from Wuhan University, the Pakistani students there alleged that they were left on their own. Several Pakistani students recorded videos and requested India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to evacuate them.
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