Ukraine announced on Tuesday the withdrawal of 138 people, including 87 Ukrainians, from Sudan to Egypt due to a conflict between the army and paramilitaries that has killed hundreds over the past ten days.
“In total, 138 citizens were saved,” including “87 Ukrainians, mainly aviation specialists — pilots, technicians and members of their families,” as well as “citizens of Georgia and Peru,” the ministry’s main intelligence department posted on Telegram. defense.
According to the agency, these people “are currently in Egypt.”
Also on Tuesday, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister announced the withdrawal of 700 citizens from Sudan’s capital Khartoum with the departure of a train carrying 211 Pakistanis, adding to those already transported on Monday.
According to the ministry, there were 1,500 Pakistanis in Sudan prior to this operation.
On Tuesday, India removed 278 citizens from a Navy ship that will take them to the Saudi city of Jeddah, Indian Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said in a Twitter post.
Last week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi estimated that more than 3,000 Indians live in Sudan.
Operations to evacuate Indian citizens from Sudan began on Monday, with two military aircraft sent to Khartoum and one warship to Port Sudan.
According to the latest balance sheet released by Agence France-Press (AFP), dozens of countries are withdrawing their citizens, taking advantage of the 72-hour ceasefire established by the warring parties.
The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, announced that by the end of Monday, another 1,200 European citizens had been taken out of the approximately 1,500 inhabitants of a country in conflict.
France evacuated 538 people and a French frigate docked Tuesday in Port Sudan to transfer about 500 United Nations staff to Jeddah.
Germany recalled 400 people of German, Austrian, Belgian or Jordanian origin, Italy about 200 people, Sweden recalled its diplomats and citizens, as well as ten Finns, including children, according to AFP.
Spain withdrew about 30 people of different nationalities, while 25 Austrians, nine Romanians, five Hungarians and 21 Bulgarians were evacuated with the help of other countries.
The Netherlands, Greece, Ireland, the UK and Türkiye have also started repatriation operations.
Among the Arab countries have already saved Egypt (436), Libya (105), Morocco (200), Saudi Arabia (91 Saudis and 60 citizens from 12 other countries), Jordan (343 Jordanians, Palestinians, Iraqis, Syrians and Germans). Citizens., and Lebanon (52).
The Mali government plans to recall 69 people on Tuesday, Nigeria plans to recall about 3,000 citizens this week, mostly students, and Chad is awaiting the departure of a convoy of 438 Chadians.
As far as Asian countries are concerned, Japan announced on Tuesday that it had withdrawn all of its citizens who wanted to leave Khartoum; The Philippines expected to withdraw 700 Filipinos on Monday; Seoul evacuated 28 citizens, while China rescued the first group of people, the number of which is not determined.
In Indonesia, the government said it was taking “all necessary measures to rescue Indonesian citizens from Sudan,” AFP reported.
The US, which launched the operation on Saturday evening, is withdrawing its diplomats and about 100 people.
On Monday, the Portuguese Foreign Minister said that of the 22 Portuguese who were in Sudan, 21 expressed their intention to leave, and only one decided to stay in the African country.
Gomes Cravinho specified that there are several missions for the removal of people from Sudan, in which citizens of Portugal are leaving.
Heavy fighting in Sudan, which began on the 15th, is facing the forces of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the country’s de facto leader since the 2021 coup d’état and rival former MP, General Mohamed Hamdan. Dagalo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The preliminary balance of the conflict indicates that, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 420 people were killed and 3,700 injured.
The clashes began over disagreements over army reform and the integration of the RSF into the army, part of the political process towards democracy in Sudan after the 2021 coup d’état.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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