New Delhi: In a significant development of international significance, India’s Ministry of External Affairs’ (MEA) official fact-checking handle has strongly debunked multiple false claims circulating on social media talking about evacuation arrangement through Fujairah port. Calling them fabricated and misleading attempts to spread disinformation about India’s foreign policy and Defence matters, the MEA’s official fact-check handle issued a “Fake News Alert” denying reports that India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were working on any evacuation arrangement through Fujairah port for Indian nationals abroad. Here are all the details you need to know about the statement released by the MEA on the evacuation arrangement through Fujairah port.
In a clear rebuttal to a widely circulated news report by The Times of India which had claimed that both countries were planning an agreement to facilitate the evacuation of lakhs of Indian workers via the UAE port.
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