Ministry looking to help 80 Taiwanese leave IndiaBy Lu Yi-hsuan and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday said that it is assisting more than 80 Taiwanese citizens to return from India, but panned media reports that it had been against the idea. Commenting on reports that the government should evacuate Taiwanese from India, Tseng said that such an action has greater diplomatic ramifications than people realize and should not be done lightly. In a news release on Wednesday, the ministry denied a media report saying that it had allegedly decided on Monday to not evacuate Taiwanese from India. MOFA and the TECC are assisting Taiwanese who wish to return by negotiating with airlines, the ministry said. Since COVID-19 spread to India in March last year, the ministry has helped more than 750 Taiwanese return home by negotiating flights for them, it said.

Source: Taipei Times May 06, 2021 15:56 UTC