A total of 698 Indian nationals were evacuated from the Maldives on Friday. Indian Navy's INS Jalashwa was used to bring back stranded Indians. INS Jalashwa had reached Male on Thursday to undertake repatriation mission. This is part of the repatriation mission 'Operation Samudra Setu'. Second Navy ship INS Magar will leave for Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu on Sunday with 200 Indians. India's Envoy in the Maldives, Sunjay Sudhir expressed gratitude to Indian Navy.