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European countries evacuate Nationals, diplomats from Sudan

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: News Agencies
  • 23 Apr 2023 23:04
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The Serbian Foreign Ministry announced that they had also started the evacuation of more than 20 of its residents from Sudan in collaboration with the UN, the UAE, and Turkey, 

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  • Destroyed military vehicles are seen in southern in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, April 20, 2023. (AP)
    Destroyed military vehicles are seen in southern Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, April 20, 2023 (AP)

Several European countries have swiftly conducted evacuation operations to retrieve their citizens from Sudan. 

Italy has evacuated 19 Italian tourists who had been in Sudan when the conflict broke out however 140 Italian nationals remain, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani told Sky TG24 broadcaster. Italian air force jets are reportedly on standby in Djibouti however it's unclear when an evacuation operation would be conducted: such that it would contingent upon the developments of the course of the conflict, Tajani noted. 

Similarly, Spanish military transport planes have been stationed in Djibouti to evacuate 50 individuals: which include Spanish citizens, other European citizens, and Latin American citizens.  

Read more: What is happening in Sudan?

This morning, the Swedish Parliament approved the government's decision to send a military detachment to Sudan to evacuate Swedish citizens and diplomats.

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Additionally, four Czech citizens are reportedly stranded in Sudan; the Czech foreign ministry spokeswoman Mariana Wenerova said that they're looking for opportunities to evacuate them.

"Several international evacuation convoys are being formed in Sudan. Our colleagues in Cairo and Brussels, as well as us in Prague, are now working to ensure that four Czech citizens join these convoys,"  Wernerova said.

The Serbian Foreign Ministry also announced that they had also started the evacuation of more than 20 of its residents from Sudan in collaboration with the UN, the UAE, and Turkey, 

"The Serbian Foreign Ministry, in cooperation with the UN, UAE, and Turkey, today, April 23, began the evacuation of citizens of Serbia from Sudan ... Four of our citizens went with a UN convoy. Six of our citizens were evacuated by the UAE convoy and one more of our citizens joined the convoy organized by Turkey," the ministry said.

Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt, France, Britain, and the US have launched operations to evacuate their citizens from Sudan which has entered its second week of the conflict: with clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces burgeoning all across the country. 

Read more: Countries evacuate citizens from Sudan

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