Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting to review the evacuation efforts for Indian nationals stranded in war torn Ukraine, on Friday.

Senior officials including National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, and Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla attended the meeting.

Notably, this the fifth such review meeting on the tensed situation in Ukraine and ongoing efforts under Operation Ganga to bring back Indians with PM Modi chairing it.

The Prime Minsiter also emphasized the need to resolve issues through dialogue and dimplomacy at the virtual Quad leaders meet on Thursday.

The PM also highlighted the importance of adhering to the UN Charter, international law and respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Meanwhile, the Centre upped its efforts to evacuate Indian nationals from Ukraine.

The government deployed ‘special envoys’ to four neighbouring countries bordering Ukraine including Poland, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia to expedite evacuation process.

Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri is in Hungary, Kiren Rijiju in Slovakia, Jyotiaditya Scindia in Romania and Gen V K Singh is in Poland.

The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that since the first travel advisory was issued by the Indian Embassy in Ukraine, more than eighteen thousand Indian nationals left the country.