MEA says Indian nurses are safe

After reports emerged claiming Indian nurses in Tikrit were being asked to leave for Mosul with ISIL militants, international humanitarian organisation Red Crescent told that there was no threat to the nurses stranded in a hospital in Tikrit.
Yaseen Ahmed Abbas, president of Red Crescent told that the nurses were safe and unharmed.
Iraqi forces gained control of all the roads leading up to Tikrit yesterday as Russian fighter jets joined the offensive.
Meanwhile, Minister of External Affair Sushma Swaraj met with US senator John McCain and discussed the ongoing Iraq crisis with him.
The government Wednesday said the 46 Indian nurses trapped in a building in Iraq's war-torn Tikrit town were safe and unharmed, and the Indian envoy has spoken with them, reported.
"Our ambassador (in Iraq) has talked to them. They are unharmed, safe," external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said here.
Asked about reports that the building which houses the nurses was being guarded by gunmen of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), Akbaruddin said he would not comment on what others had put out.
Asked about reports that India was among jihad targets of the ISIS, he said: "India's safety and security is in safe hands."
Answering a question about 39 Indians in captivity in Mosul, Akbaruddin said they were unharmed.
He said the "facilitation phase" to help Indian nationals wanting to return from Iraq was proceeding "satisfactorily".


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