Foreign Ministry launches evacuations of Georgian citizens from Sudan
Evacuations of Georgian citizens trapped in Sudan since April 15 launched, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Photo: Foreign Ministry press office
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The Georgian Foreign Office on Monday said it had begun evacuations of Georgian citizens trapped in Sudan amid violent clashes between the country’s regular army and a powerful paramilitary force.
Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandre Khvtisiashvili said the 33 employees of two Georgian-based airlines had been evacuated from a “safe place” where they were transferred on Sunday from the epicentre of clashes in capital Khartoum.
The official said the Georgian Embassy in Turkey and Egypt had been “actively involved” in the effort, and added the return of the Georgian nationals was expected “in the next few days”.
We are in constant communication with the companies and the [evacuated] Georgian citizens”, Khvtisiashvili said.
The personnel of Geo Sky and Myway airlines were trapped in Sudan since April 15, amid the confrontation that has killed more than 400 people and injured thousands according to the World Health Organisation.
Several countries including the United States and United Kingdom announced on Sunday they had flown their diplomats out of the country. France, Germany, Italy and Spain have also carried out evacuations.
The power struggle pits General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the Sudanese commander of the armed forces, against General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the head of the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group. The former allies jointly organised a military coup in October 2021.
Georgian citizens in Sudan have been transferred to a safer location away from the capital Khartoum, where fierce fighting for power continues between the country’s regular army and a powerful paramilitary force, the Georgian foreign office said on Sunday.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Friday said the Government, “as promised” to the country’s citizens, continued working on a “daily basis” to evacuate its citizens “on time” from Sudan amid a violent tussle for power between the country’s military and a paramilitary group.
Thirty-three employees of two Tbilisi-based airlines, Geo Sky and Myway, have been trapped in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum amid violent clashes for power between rival factions that have left at least 185 dead and 1,800 injured in the country since Saturday.
The Georgian Embassy in Turkey is in contact with the Georgian citizens in Sudan and their family members amid the fighting in the country between the army and a paramilitary group, the Georgian foreign office said on Monday.
Georgian citizens in Sudan have been transferred to a neutral zone on the country’s border with Egypt border as the first phase of their evacuation from the conflict-stricken state has concluded, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandre Khvtisiashvili said on Tuesday.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Tuesday said the 33 Georgian citizens evacuated from Sudan amid fierce clashes between military and paramilitary groups on Monday had been transferred to a ”safe location” in a neighbouring state.
Thirty-three employees of two Georgian-based airlines, evacuated from Sudan earlier this week amid severe clashes between the country’s regular army and a powerful paramilitary group, have been returned to Georgia, the Foreign Ministry said.