03/07/2013
Dear Friend,
Please find below Press Release issued today by Embassy of India.
Grateful if you could give wide publicity to the same by publishing it prominently in your esteemed daily.
A line of confirmation would be highly appreciated.
Regards,
Surinder Bhagat
Second Secretary (Political, Information & Commerce)
Embassy of India, Riyadh
Tel: +966-1-4884784
Fax: +966-1-4884713
e-mail: [email protected]
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Embassy of India
Riyadh
July 2, 2013
PRESS RELEASE
Embassy of India welcomes the extension of grace period announced by the Government of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Embassy expresses its gratitude to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques His Royal Majesty King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for adopting a humanitarian approach towards this issue. The Embassy also extends its gratitude to all concerned Saudi authorities for extending their wholehearted support and cooperation during this period. The Embassy urges the Indian community to fully utilize the grace period effectively.
The Embassy also express its gratitude to the registered Indian volunteers for offering their services by expending time and energy for helping their brethren in need. The Embassy appreciates the constructive and pro-active role played by the media. The Embassy also commends the staff of Indian Community Schools for rendering non-remunerative and voluntary services to the Embassy in this process. The Embassy would continue its efforts to address all the outstanding issues pertaining to welfare of the Indian community.
The Embassy urges all those Indians who have collected their Emergency Certificates and obtained 'exit' from Tarheels/Jawazats to leave the country immediately. Those who are in the process of obtaining 'exit' should utilize this opportunity and continue their efforts to get the same from Saudi authorities.
The Embassy is organizing a meeting of all registered volunteers at the Chancery premises on July 3, 2013, at 05.00 pm. During the meeting, necessary course of action to be adopted in the days to come will be discussed.
The Embassy will continue its operations at Tarheels, labour offices and Riyadh airport. The Embassy officials deployed at these places can be contacted at the helpline numbers (Tarheel: 0546843866, 0546843894, 0546843836, 0546843746 & 0546843903; and Airport: 0546843922, 0546843919, 0546843734, 0546843750, and 0548981774). This is in addition to the 24*7 Embassy helpline numbers (011-4884697, 011-4881982, 0501699879, 0501700106, 0501699895, 0501699894) which also continue their operations. The Embassy officials deployed at Dammam will remain functional and registered volunteers in Eastern Province are requested to coordinate with them and render their assistance.
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