conflicts in Sudan; The departure of Ankara embassy personnel from Khartoum

According to the report of Fars News Agency, in a situation where various countries are withdrawing their diplomats and embassy staff from Sudan since Saturday (yesterday), Ankara has done the same and the Turkish Foreign Minister arranged a telephone conversation with his Sudanese counterpart.

The media in Turkey as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of this country announced the beginning of the operation to evacuate members of the embassy and Turkish citizens from Sudan.

According to Anatolia news agency, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed the latest situation of conflicts in this African country with his Sudanese counterpart, Ali al-Sadegh.

In this consultation, Turkish Foreign Minister talked with his Sudanese counterpart about removing Turkish citizens from Sudan.

According to UN statistics, more than 300 civilians were killed and more than 200 were injured following the start of military conflicts in Sudan.

Fierce clashes in Sudan between army forces and Rapid Support Forces militia have entered their eighth day, and clashes continue despite a ceasefire declared for Eid al-Fitr.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday (today) by publishing a statement that since the beginning of the conflicts in Sudan, Ankara’s priority has been “ensuring the safety of Turkish citizens and embassy personnel” in Sudan.

The ministry added: “After the security assessment, we decided to return our citizens to Turkey on April 23 (today Sunday), especially from conflict areas (in Sudan) through a third country by land.”

The beginning of the departure of Turkish embassy staff and citizens from Sudan is carried out in a situation where several countries started the departure of their embassies from yesterday.

In continuation of this process, it was reported in the news this morning that the United States evacuated 70 employees of its embassy in Sudan by carrying out an air operation.

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