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Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca received on Wednesday at the Victoria Palace Jyotiraditya Scindia, the Minister of Civil Aviation of India - special envoy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi - who is in Romania to organize the repatriation of Indian students evacuated from conflict zones in Ukraine, says a government release.
"Minister Scindia handed over to Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca a letter addressed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On the same occasion, he brought the message of thanks of the prime minister and the 1.3 billion inhabitants of India for the support provided by the Romanian side to the Indian students. India has so far managed to extract from Ukraine 11,000 of its approximately 20,000 students. Currently, about 3,000 students are in Bucharest and are waiting for the 6 planes which they are to be repatriated with. Also, 1,000 students are hosted in the Siret area and are also to be repatriated," it said.
In the same context, Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca said that India can count on Romania in order to repatriate its citizens arriving from the areas affected by the Russian military aggression, Agerpres.ro informs.
Moreover, the Romanian prime minister stressed the good relations of Romanian-Indian friendship, as well as the level of trade and Indian investments in Romania.
