“Initial phase” of Georgian citizens’ evacuation from Sudan concluded - Deputy FM
Khvtisiashvili said the nationals had been moved to a safer location, away from the capital Khartoum, and added their lives were not in danger. Photo: Foreign Ministry Press Office
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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.
Khvtisiashvili said the nationals had been moved to a safer location, away from the capital Khartoum, and added their lives were not in danger.
“We can say that this evacuation was effectively carried out thanks to the assistance of our embassies, allies and organisations, and at present, not a single Georgian citizen is in Sudan. All have left the country in safety”, the Deputy Minister said.
He also revealed the citizens would “soon” be moved to Egypt before their eventual transfer to Georgia.
Thirty-three employees of two Georgian-based airlines were trapped in Sudan since April 15, amid the confrontation between the country’s regular army and a powerful paramilitary force that has killed more than 400 people and injured thousands according to the World Health Organisation.
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.
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.
Aleksandre Khvtisiashvili, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia, on Monday said about 30 Georgian citizens remained in Sudan amid a violent tussle for power between the country’s military and a paramilitary group, with the Georgian Government working “intensively” with its partners to evacuate them.
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.