Harris also thanked Romania, a Balkan country of 19 million residents, for welcoming more than 84,000 displaced people from Ukraine as of earlier this week.
The MEA said India is also sending humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. The Russian attack on Ukraine began four days ago.
Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that approximately 13,000 Indians are stranded in Ukraine as of now, and the government is making efforts to bring them back as soon as possible.
According to the government, as of February 28, five flights carrying 1,156 Indians from Ukraine have arrived in the country and none of them has been kept in isolation so far.
India began the evacuation of its citizens from Romania and Hungary - western neighbours of Ukraine - on Saturday and the Tata Group-owned Air India has brought back 1,396 Indian nationals in six evacuation flights till now.
The Air India flight had left from Mumbai for Bucharest at 3.38 am Saturday and landed there at around 10.45 am (Indian Standard Time). It departed for Mumbai at 1.55 pm (IST).
Tata Group-owned Air India has evacuated 1,396 Indian nationals in six evacuation flights till now.
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All the patients had been evacuated from Constanta's Hospital for Infectious Diseases and the fire had been extinguished by mid-morning, Romania's emergency...
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