200 Pakistan nationals evacuated from Yemen by Chinese fleet

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An evacuee passes through a security screening before boarding the Chinese Linyi missile frigate in Aden Harbor, Yemen, April 2, 2015. A total of 225 nationals from 10 countries who were evacuated from conflict-ridden Yemen arrived in Djibouti onboard the Chinese frigate on Thursday. (Xinhua/Pan Siwei)

 

[Sugarcane]

Thanks

 

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A crew member takes a child's temperature at the Chinese Linyi missile frigate, April 2, 2015. A total of 225 nationals from 10 countries who were evacuated from conflict-ridden Yemen arrived in Djibouti onboard a Chinese frigate on Thursday. (Xinhua/Pan Siwei)
Evacuees from Yemen board Chinese frigate - Xinhua | English.news.cn

Pakistan's Ambassador to Ethiopia Ghulam Dastgir (L, front) shakes hands with Chinese military official Jiang Guoping (R, front) in Djibouti, April 2, 2015. A total of 225 nationals from 10 countries who were evacuated from conflict-ridden Yemen arrived in Djibouti onboard a Chinese frigate on Thursday. (Xinhua/Pan Siwei)
Pakistanis evacuated from Yemen with China's help arrive in Islamabad - Xinhua | English.news.cn
Pakistanis evacuated from Yemen with China's help arrive in Islamabad
English.news.cn | 2015-04-03 17:29:22 | Editor: huaxia

A Pakistani boy evacuated from Yemen holds Chinese and Pakistani national flags at Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, April 3, 2015. A group of 176 Pakistani nationals, who had been stranded in the war-torn Yemen and evacuated by a Chinese vessel, arrived in Islamabad on Friday, aviation authorities said. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

ISLAMABAD, April 3 (Xinhua) -- A group of 176 Pakistani nationals, who had been stranded in the war-torn Yemen and evacuated by a Chinese vessel, arrived in Islamabad on Friday, aviation authorities said.

A Pakistan International Airlines plane had air-lifted the stranded Pakistanis from Djibouti early in the morning.

These stranded Pakistanis were brought to Djibouti by a Chinese ship on Thursday, the foreign ministry said.

Special Advisor to Prime Minister on Aviation Shujjat Azim received the passengers at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport along with families and friends of the evacuees. Defence Minister Khawaja Asif was also presented at the airport.

Pakistan welcomed the Chinese help that ensured the safe evacuation of the nationals who had faced with problems to leave Yemen by air.

"As all-weather friends, Pakistan and Chinese cooperation in ensuring safe evacuation of our citizens has also been exemplary," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told Xinhua on Friday.

"To ensure earliest possible evacuation, we enlisted Chinese support, since their ships were already in the region evacuating their nationals from Aden to Djibouti,"she said.

Senior Pakistani lawmakers also hailed the Chinese cooperation at a time when the stranded Pakistanis had no option to leave Yemen by air and road.

Chairman of Senate Standing Committee on Defence, Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, said that China's timely rescue of stranded Pakistanis from Yemen proves the old adage that "a friend in need is a friend indeed."

"This is, of course, not the first time that China has come to Pakistan's rescue in difficult moments, hence, Pakistanis term China as our 'all-weather friend' and 'iron brother," Mushahid told Xinhua on Friday.

"This new role of China is a matter of pride for Pakistan and its people since China's peaceful, positive projection of naval capabilities in the Indian Ocean for providing humanitarian assistance in an emergency augurs well for stability, peace and security in Asia. It is also a fine example of Asians helping fellow Asians, demonstrating Asian solidarity to serve humanity," said Mushahid.

Pakistani media also gave wide coverage to the Chinese help in evacuation of Pakistanis from Yemen.

"Yemen: Pakistanis board Chinese vessel for evacuation to Djibouti," leading English daily "The News" reported on its website shortly after the stranded Pakistanis left Yemen.

A major TV channel "Dunya" reported "Another 200 Pakistani nationals still stuck in war-hit Yemen will be evacuated by a Chinese ship from Aden to Djibouti on Thursday."

The Pakistani foreign ministry said there were around 3,000 Pakistanis in Yemen and close to 2,000 left on the country's embassy's advice and the remaining who did not leave at that time are being evacuated now.

Some of these Pakistanis are settled there, who either have their businesses and jobs there or married to locals.

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Good job China!

Thank god we do not have to depend on other nations to save our own citizens.

Lol They came to Pakistan by PIA Chinese just took them to Djibouti and 600 Pakistani came by PIA from Aden

 

[Muhammad Omar]

PIA plane leaves for Djibouti to evacuate 186 stranded Pakistanis
THE NEWSPAPER'S STAFF REPORTER — PUBLISHED about 16 hours ago

Around 175 Pakistanis are awaiting evacuation from Mokallah.—AFP/File

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that 186 Pakistanis had left the port of Aden on board a Chinese Navy ship for Djibouti and a special PIA flight left for Djibouti late in the night to bring them to Pakistan.

Pakistan was also helping China with evacuation of its citizens from Yemen, FO spokesperson Tasneem Aslam said at the weekly media briefing.

A Pakistan Navy ship has reached Mokallah port, but the evacuation was delayed because of skirmishes which erupted around the port city following Wednesday night’s jailbreak by Al Qaeda in which some 300 inmates were freed.

Also read: 'Bring back our people in Yemen'

Around 175 Pakistanis are awaiting evacuation from Mokallah.

Another group of 145 Pakistanis is in Sanaa. They are unwilling to move to other cities for evacuation. A special flight is being planned to airlift them from Sanaa.

“The possibility of flight by a small aircraft (to Sanaa) exists and is being pursued for which required clearances are also being obtained from Yemen authorities,” Ms Aslam said.

She rejected as false the reports that some Pakistanis had been killed by Houthi rebels. “All Pakistanis are safe.”

The spokesperson said coordination with Iran on the Yemen crisis was not required. She was responding to a query why contacts regarding the Yemen crisis were mostly with Saudi Arabia and not with Iran.

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is expected to visit Islamabad next week (April 8). The agenda of the trip, sources say, would be dominated by the situation in Yemen.

Tehran has already conveyed through Pakistani ambassador in Iran Noor Jademani its interest for a dialogue with Islamabad.

There is one view that crisis in Yemen is a struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran for influence in the region. Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who first resigned as Yemeni

president but retracted after fleeing from Sanaa, is being backed by Saudi Arabia and its allies, while Houthi rebels are said to be enjoying Iranian support.

Responding to another question, Ms Aslam said that Pakistan did not see Iran involved in Yemen.

“How Iran does come into it? Is this your interpretation of the situation between Saudi Arabia and Iran? This is not our assessment,” she said.

Explaining Islamabad’s consultations with Riyadh, the spokesperson said it was because Saudi Arabia contacted Pakistan and that it (Saudi Arabia) initiated military action in Yemen at the request of that country’s ‘legitimate government’.

The government had last week decided to reach out to “leadership of brotherly Muslim countries” for what it said “facilitating early resolution of the crisis and promoting peace and unity of the Muslim Ummah”.

Ms Aslam insisted that there was no division within the country on protecting Saudi Arabia or the Holy Mosques.

“First, protecting the holy places is every Muslim’s responsibility. I do not think that any political party has said that protecting Saudi Arabia or the holy places is not our responsibility,” she said.

Commenting on Iran’s nuclear talks with P5+1 in Switzerland’s city of Lausanne, the spokesperson said: “It is our earnest hope that this dialogue would be concluded successfully. The intensive discussions that are taking place right now give us hope that there would be some positive outcome.”

Published in Dawn, April 3rd, 2015

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Man my quote was not about where they picked from....... My quote was about ship size...............
Do you really think that your ship size is bigger than Chinese?

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Our naval fleet cant dock at Yemen cause F-22 are big ship so the Chinese ship rescued them i guess

It was in News that i told you about they said PN Ship can't dock there so they will be picked up by smaller ships

 

[Winchester]

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[Shotgunner51]

Brilliant
Thank You

You are all welcome bros!

 

[Jaanbaz]

Looks like they were treated very well by the Chinese navy personnel.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

I think time to worry about yours bro.
Since day one of crisis iwas seeing your hostile country men writing proudly of ins virat cruising in aden gulf with several frigates loaded on it and soon your ppl will be rescued in dawn news comments section. It still took so many to get your 358 evacauted and that just happened today. And btw scrap ins viraat for gods sake unless you wanna put your crew at risk.

why respond to thankless trollers? they are same clowns who were shamelessly silent when Indian government abandoned Indian sailors so Ansar Berni collected money for the Indians too and our Naval ship brought them to safety.


the best these trolls have managed is to mix an unrelated incident of our vessel brushing past their ship when our ship was part of an international anti piracy mission.

 

[SirHatesALot]

good job Chinese Navy

 

[Wolfhound]

I still dont get why our f-22p's didnt dock, if they were to large then FAC's should have been sent instead but anyway china has proved to be a very good friend once again.

 

[karakoram]

thank you are friends

 

[truthseeker2010]

Thank You China

谢谢