Sudan’s army said it will facilitate the evacuation of foreigners trapped in the country since an internal conflict erupted last weekend but diplomats played down suggestions that departures were imminent.
Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan, the head of the armed forces had received calls from several leaders who asked that he aid the repatriation of their nationals and he had agreed, the army said in a statement on Saturday. The Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group that has been fighting the military, on Friday also gave assurances it would support the process.
A group of Saudi nationals has already left the country through Port Sudan, and a Jordanian group will follow suit, while the evacuation of other foreigners “is expected to begin in the coming hours,” the army said. “The U.S., Britain, France and China will evacuate their diplomats and patrons by air with military transport aircraft.”
