India making concerted efforts to reach mutually agreeable solution: MEA on Nimisha Priya case

New Delhi: India is in touch with some friendly governments to get the death sentence awarded to Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen commuted.

Randhir Jaiswal, the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, on Thursday said that the government was continuing to closely follow the matter and would render all possible assistance to the family of Nimisha Priya.

“We are also in touch with some friendly governments,” said Jaiswal.

 A source said that New Delhi was in touch with Tehran on the issue in view of Iran’s close ties with the Houthi regime in Yemen.

The MEA spokesperson said that the Government of India had been offering all possible assistance in the case.

“We have provided legal assistance and appointed a lawyer to assist the family. We have also arranged regular consular visits and been in constant touch with the local authorities and the family members to resolve the issue,” he said, adding that New Delhi had made concerted efforts in recent days to seek more time for the family of Nimisha Priya to reach a mutually agreeable solution with the other party.

The local authorities in Yemen have postponed carrying out her sentence scheduled for July 16.