'Good Work': Jaishankar hails Indian embassy in Tunisia for evacuating 17 youths from Libya

Monday, 21 August 2023
The Indian embassy in Tunisia has successfully repatriated 17 Indian youths from Punjab and Haryana. They had been detained in Libya since February this year after being duped by travel agents who had promised to send them to Italy. The Modi government's strengthening of the Indian Community Welfare Fund was particularly useful, according to external affairs minister S Jaishankar.

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