News Excerpt:
India has launched 'Operation Indravati' to evacuate its nationals from Haiti to the Dominican Republic.
Background:
- Since the President was assassinated in July 2021, violence has been ongoing in Haiti.
- Number of armed groups have coordinated attacks on strategic locations in the country in an effort to pressure the Prime Minister who is currently acting as the de facto leader, into resigning.
Operation Indravati:
- India doesn't have an embassy in Haiti and the situation in the country is being monitored by the Indian mission at Santo Domingo,
- the capital of the Dominican Republic.
- There are between 75 and 90 Indians in Haiti and about 60 of them have registered with Indian authorities to return to India.
- 12 citizens have been successfully rescued to the Caribbean nation Dominican Republic.
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