Srinagar (NVI): Indian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Prabhat Kumar has said that 80 Kashmiri students stranded at Almati and Astana amid the Covid-19 pandemic will be repatriated to Kashmir before June 14.
Former Union Minister Saifuddin Soz today released a statement saying that the Indian ambassador in Kazakhstan has assured him that the stranded students will be brought back soon.
“I received a communication from Mr. Prabhat Kumar, India’s Ambassador to Kazakhstan today, assuring me that 80 Kashmiri students, now stranded at Almati and Astana would be brought back to Kashmir before 14th June, 2020 under ‘Vande Bharat Mission’. He further told me that the schedule is being worked out,” Soz said.
“Mr. Prabhat Kumar has also assured me that he would inform Kashmiri students of this development, at the earliest,” he added.
The senior Congress leader also thanked Manish Prabhat of the MEA and Ambassador Prabhat Kumar for supporting his request.
“I also forwarded the particulars of student leaders – Mohammad Azaan and Ms. Darakhshan to the Ambassador,” he added.
He said that he has also informed the stranded Kashmiri students in Kazakhistan about the Government’s decision to repatriate them.
