2023-04-24 23:45:37
The Argentine embassies in Egypt, Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia carry out a joint operation to assist Argentine citizens who may need to be evacuated from Sudanin the midst of the violence unleashed by the fighting between the Army and a paramilitary group that have already left hundreds dead in the African country.
In a statement, the portfolio led by Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero reported that “two citizens were successfully evacuatedthanks to the collaboration of the Spanish embassy in Sudan”.
According to the official document, the two people arrived in Madrid (Spain) this Monday in the morning and maintained communication with the Argentine consul in that city, who was told that they were in good health.
A third Argentine citizen was also evacuated by land to Ethiopia. with the support of the International Red Cross, while a fourth Argentine citizen is waiting to leave Sudan, within the framework of the United Nations evacuation plan, which contemplates carrying out a land convoy.
Within this framework, the diplomatic portfolio remarked that the Argentine consular offices are in permanent contact with the Argentine citizens affected by the conflict, in order to monitor the situation and provide containment during the evacuation process.
violence and exile
Los fighting between the Army and a paramilitary group They do not cease and have already caused hundreds of deaths. In this context, the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, said that conflict threatens to spread across northeast Africaand more and more foreigners are trying to flee the conflict.
The violence in the African country, with some 45 million inhabitants, broke out on April 15, and is part of a power struggle between the head of the Army, General Abdel Fatah al-Burhan, and the head of the Rapid Support Forces, General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.
According to the UN, more than 420 people died and more than 3,700 were injured in the fighting, which mainly affected Khartoum, the capital, the neighboring city of Omdurman, and the western region of Darfur.
For ten days, explosions, bombardments and gunfire have not ceased to resound in Khartoum, where the rivals They face each other in densely populated areas with tanks, artillery and warplanes.
As soon as the conflict broke out, The Argentine government expressed its concern at “the situation of violence in Sudan, as a consequence of the clashes between the armed forces of that country and the Rapid Support Forces, in the capital Khartoum and other regions of that African nation.
“Argentina supports international efforts to achieve peace and stability in Sudan and reiterates its votes for the continuation of political negotiations in order to stabilize the situation,” the Argentine Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
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