The Hindu : Indian diplomats in Baghdad stay put

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Wednesday, Feb 05, 2003

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Indian diplomats in Baghdad stay put

Dubai Feb. 4. Indian diplomats in Baghdad are staying put in the Iraqi capital amid reports that some other missions here are leaving the country as fear of the U.S.-led war on Iraq mounts. "We have no schedule to leave Baghdad," B.B. Tyagi, India's Ambassador in Iraq, said. The diplomats would stay to coordinate assistance to the Indian nationals there.

``There are about 50 Indian nationals here from both private and public sector companies in India,'' Mr. Tyagi said.

Reports said the American interests section in Baghdad would close tomorrow and the three Polish diplomats who work there would leave by road for Amman and then to Warsaw. Representatives of Yugoslavia and Spain have already left Baghdad.

India has ongoing trade with Iraq under the oil-for-food programme allowed under United Nations sanctions to procure essential items such as medicine and food.

Iraq recently approved a deal to buy Indian wheat which was once earlier rejected on the ground it was infected. — PTI

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