Ready to airlift Indians from Haiti, says government

NEW DELHI: India is ready to evacuate up to 90 of its nationals from Haiti in view of the deteriorating security situation in the Caribbean nation. The govt also opened a control room to assist stranded Indians. Various gangs have launched coordinated attacks on key installations in Haiti in an attempt to force the resignation of the country's embattled PM Ariel Henry.

There are between 75 and 90 Indians in Haiti and about 60 of them have registered with Indian authorities to return to India "if need be", external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at his weekly briefing."We're ready to evacuate everybody," he said.