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Bisnis.comJAKARTA – Conflict between soldiers Sudan and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Force (RSF) has prompted a number of countries to evacuate diplomats and their citizens.

Several countries have evacuated their citizens by air, while others are via Port Sudan on the Red Sea, some 800 km (500 miles) by road from Khartoum.

List of countries that have evacuated diplomats and their citizens as reported by Reuters, Friday (4/28/2023):

Egypt

Egypt has evacuated a total of 5,327 Egyptians, of whom 2,648 were evacuated on Thursday.

German

As of Tuesday (4/25/2023) morning, the German evacuation mission had brought a total of 500 people from more than 30 countries to a safe place, including citizens of Belgium, Great Britain, the Netherlands, from Jordan and the United States, as well as German citizens.

French

France has evacuated more than 500 people from Sudan, including more than 200 French nationals as well as Americans, Britons and others, President Emmanuel Macron said.

He said a French commando was injured in the exchange of fire during the evacuation, but was in stable condition.

Paris also sent a warship to Port Sudan to help pick up the refugees, two diplomatic sources said.

Italy

An Italian military plane from Djibouti evacuated 83 Italians and 13 others overnight, including children and the Italian ambassador.

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said some Italian NGO workers and missionaries decided to stay in Sudan, while 19 others were brought to Egypt two days ago.

English

Britain said it began a “large-scale” evacuation of its citizens on Tuesday, with priority given to families with children, the elderly and the infirm.

Its first evacuation flight is taking off and two more are expected overnight.

A total of 897 people have been evacuated on eight flights as of 15:00 GMT on Thursday (27/4/2023), and the UK will add flights.

The government estimates that there are around 4,000 British nationals in Sudan. Diplomats and their families are to be evacuated on Saturday (4/29/2023).

Cyprus said it activated its humanitarian relief mechanism at the request of the UK to allow third countries to use it for the reception and repatriation of foreign nationals evacuated from Sudan.

Cyprus is home to two major British military bases.

Dutch

About 100 Dutch nationals have been evacuated from Sudan since Sunday (4/23/2023), Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said.

The remaining half were on the four Dutch evacuation flights to Jordan, which were also carrying around 70 people from 14 other countries.

The Netherlands aims to evacuate a total of around 150 Dutch nationals and has provided the international effort with two military aircraft, which are also available for other countries.

United States of America (USA)

US troops evacuated US diplomats and several foreign diplomats on Saturday (4/29/2023).

Washington said on Monday that several dozen Americans had traveled overland in a UN-led convoy to Port Sudan, and dozens more had expressed interest in going there. He said he was positioning naval assets to help with evacuations if necessary.

Russia

Russia has not yet announced the evacuation of its embassy or its citizens from Khartoum. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia in Sudan is in close contact with Moscow.

“Cooperation and consultations are ongoing around the clock and various possibilities are being explored. At this time, no decision has been made.”

Japan

All Japanese wishing to leave Sudan have been evacuated, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said.

Forty-five left on Monday evening (4/24/2023) on a Japanese military flight, and another eight left with the help of France and other groups, he said.

Swiss

Switzerland closed its embassy and evacuated all Swiss personnel and their families.

China

China says most of its nationals have been safely evacuated in batches to neighboring countries. The Department of Defense dispatched a Navy ship to pick up and evacuate residents on Wednesday (4/26/2023).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that between Tuesday (25/4/2023) and Thursday (27/4/2023), almost 800 people were transferred by sea and more than 300 traveled to neighboring Sudan by air. earthly. So far, no casualties have been reported, the ministry said.

The Chinese Consulate General in Jeddah on Wednesday issued a notice advising citizens planning to flee to Saudi Arabia to enter through the Islamic port of Jeddah.

India

More than 1,200 Indians evacuated from Sudan arrived in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Thursday and will soon be repatriated to India, the country’s young foreign minister, V. Muraleedharan, said.

Canada

Canada will deploy around 200 troops to coordinate the evacuation from war-torn Sudan, Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand said on Wednesday (26/4/2023) and Ottawa added that around 180 Canadians have already been evacuated. evacuated.

There are about 1,800 Canadians in Sudan, of whom about 700 have requested assistance from the Department of Foreign Affairs, according to the Canadian government.

Ukraine

Ukraine claims to have rescued 87 of its citizens – mostly pilots, aircraft technicians and their families – out of a total of 138 civilians, including Georgians and Peruvians.

Kenya

The Kenyan Foreign Ministry said on Thursday (27/4/2023) that the government had evacuated 342 people who arrived in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia from Port Sudan.

South Africa

South Africa said it estimated its last 12 nationals known to be in Sudan left on Tuesday (25/4/2023).

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