India debunks reports of plan to evacuate its citizens in UAE via Fujairah port

The clarification from the government came after a report by a certain publication claimed that both the Indian and the UAE governments are working closely to establish an agreement that would help Indians leave the UAE via the Fujairah port.

In Short

• MEA rejected reports of an India-UAE evacuation arrangement through Fujairah port
• Its fact-check mechanism called the story baseless, false and misleading
• The report claimed lakhs of Indian workers could leave via Fujairah

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday dismissed a media report, claiming that the Indian government is collaborating with the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on an agreement to establish an evacuation route for Indian nationals through Fujairah port. Denying the report, the MEA wrote on X that the claims are baseless and false.

“Fake News Alert! There is no basis in fact for such a story. There is no evacuation being planned. Please stay alert against such false and baseless claims,” the MEA fact-check team wrote, sharing photos of the particular story.

The clarification from the government came after the media report claimed that both governments are close to establishing the agreement that would help lakhs of Indian workers to leave the country via the Fujairah port. The report also said that the agreement would be signed between the two nations during a stopover that is linked to PM Modi’s upcoming foreign tour.

Recently, three Indians were injured in the Fujairah Petroleum Industries Zone after Iran launched a fresh wave of missile and drone attacks targeting the UAE, with one strike triggering a fire at Fujairah Oil Industrial Zone on Monday, resulting in injuries to Indians.

Condemning the attack, the MEA spokesperson, Ranadhir Jaiswal, wrote on X, “The attack on Fujairah that resulted in injury to three Indian nationals is unacceptable. We call for the immediate cessation of these hostilities and the targeting of civilian infrastructure and innocent civilians. India continues to stand for dialogue and diplomacy to deal with the situation, so that peace and stability may be restored across West Asia," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal wrote on X.

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