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New Delhi: Saudi Arabia has come forward to help the Indians trapped in Sudan. 150 citizens of 12 countries have been brought from conflict-affected Sudan to Saudi Arabia, including some Indians. A ship carrying Saudi and other citizens reached Jeddah today. Earlier, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar had held talks with his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on Tuesday regarding the evacuation of Indians from Sudan. Also, our missions are in touch with the US and UK governments.
The Saudi Foreign Ministry tweeted that we are happy to inform that, following the instructions of the Kingdom leadership, we have been able to safely evacuate Saudi citizens from Sudan as well as citizens of other friendly countries. These include diplomats and international officials.
#Statement | In the implementation of the directives of the Kingdom's Leadership, we are pleased to announce the safe arrival of the evacuated citizens of the Kingdom from Sudan and several nationals of brotherly & friendly countries, including diplomats & international officials pic.twitter.com/Eg0YemshYD
— Foreign Ministry 🇸🇦 (@KSAmofaEN) April 22, 2023
Those who have arrived in Jeddah include the crew of a Saudi passenger plane that came under fire on April 15 as it was preparing to take off from Khartoum at the start of the fighting, Al-Akhbariya news agency reported. I went.
According to AFP, citizens of Saudi Arabia and other countries were transported through a convoy of vehicles to Port Sudan, from where they boarded ships and reached Jeddah. Where officers and soldiers welcomed them by distributing sweets on the occasion of Eid.
Let us inform that the war between military and para military is going on in Sudan. More than 3 thousand Indians are stranded here.
