New Delhi: India on Thursday completed air evacuation from Sana'a as situation worsened in Yemen with a bomb blast rocking the Aden port, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed.


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In a series of tweets, MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin informed that air evacuations had culminated and staff at Indian embassy in Sana'a will now be relocated.


Informing about the situation in war-torn Yemen, Akbaruddin tweeted: "Security situation in #Yemen deteriorates further with bomb blast at Aden port today. India completes its air evacuations from Sana’a."



After Indians stranded in Sana'a are evacuated the embassy will be shut, Akbaruddin tweeted: "The following evacuation by Naval Ships from Al Hudaydah port for remaining nationals over next two days Embassy in Sana’a will need to shut operations and relocate its personnel."




The evacuation procedure has been finished, he added, and wrote: "With the airlifting of over 630 persons from Sana’a today by three special Air India flights, India has concluded its evacuation by air."



2900 Indians have been rescued from Sana'a, he added, "The total no. of Indians evacuated from Sana’a by air has crossed 2900 by 18 special flights since the beginning of the air operations."



From Aden, Al Hudaydah and Al Mukalla ports, over 1670 Indians have been evacuated.



"Indian Naval Ship INS Sumitra evacuated 349 persons,including 46 Indians and 303 foreign nationals from Al Hudaydah port on 9 April," read another tweet.



All-in-all India evacuated over 5600 persons — which includes over 4640 Indian nationals and about 960 foreign nationals from 41 countries.