Evacuation of French from Khartoum after Sudan events
After receiving the Minister of Europe, French Foreign Affairs "Catherine Colonna", the Minister in Charge of Foreign Trade, and the French Foreign Polarization "Olivier Becht".
On Wednesday morning at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, 184 French nationals and their families, as well as more than two dozen other nationalities, including the European Union delegate, coming from Djibouti as part of evacuations of nationals from the Sudan.
France punishes Sudan's nationals
A spokeswoman for French Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colona, said the Crisis and Support Centre of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.
He organized this flight, carrying French and foreign nationals, within the framework of the European Civil Protection Mechanism.
In coordination with the French Ministry of Armies, all state agencies are working together for the French evacuees to provide the urgent care they need.
How did the French leave Sudan?
Today, an aircraft carrying some 245 French nationals and recently evacuated foreigners from the Sudan arrived at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris.
This came just 10 days after heavy fighting began in Sudan between the military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), with French President Emmanuel Macron announcing on Tuesday that his country had evacuated more than 500 French people.
On Thursday, the French Foreign Ministry commented that Paris had evacuated more people from the Sudan and that evacuees also included citizens from Britain, the United States, Canada, Ethiopia, the Netherlands, Italy and Sweden.
Reason for the closure of France's embassy in Sudan
The ministry added that France has so far evacuated 936 people from the Sudan. Sky News announced last Monday that France officially announced the closure of its embassy in Sudan, after its nationals were evacuated.
The Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs previously announced on Twitter that Switzerland had closed its embassy in the Sudanese capital Khartoum.
Their staff and families have been postponed owing to the current security situation there, while evacuations of foreign nationals from the Sudan continue.
Europe turns on Sudan
The French ministry added in the tweet, which it posted on Twitter: "This has been achieved thanks to cooperation with our partners, especially France."
It did not mention the number of evacuees. Switzerland is thus the first State to close its diplomatic mission in Khartoum.
Thousands of foreigners, including diplomats and staff from France, were also stranded as a result of the fighting, and states are working to evacuate their citizens.
Closure of Germany's embassy in Sudan
In addition, the first German Air Force aircraft with 101 evacuees from the Sudan arrived in Berlin, according to a military source.
The German Airbus A321 aircraft transported these persons from the Jordanian Blue Base.
used by the German army as the centre for the evacuation to Berlin. According to the source, the German army has transferred a total of 313 people from Sudan to date.
US punishes Sudan
The United States also closed its embassy to Khartoum following the evacuation of diplomats from the Sudan.
US President Joe Biden said in a statement that "on my orders, the US military carried out an operation to remove US government personnel from Khartoum.
commended the staff of the United States Embassy, who bravely performed their duties, professionalism and embodied America's friendship and contact with the people of the Sudan ".
Media reports said early on Sunday that the U.S. military had successfully completed the evacuation of U.S. Embassy personnel from the Sudan.
The US administration is moving to Sudan.
Biden says I'm grateful for the unparalleled skill of our service members, who succeeded in taking them to safety.
He thanked Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia and Djibouti, countries that contributed to the success of the US military operation.
Biden stressed that the United States was working "closely" with allies and partners to help US citizens in the Sudan.
The fighting in the Sudan between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has caused a humanitarian crisis for some two weeks.
It killed 420 people and deprived millions of Sudanese of basic services.
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