Evacuations of foreign nationals and diplomats from Sudan continued by a large number of countries, at a time when the battles between the army and the Rapid Support Forces entered their second week. Today, Germany, France, Sweden, Spain, Italy and South Korea announced the evacuation of dozens of their nationals from Sudan directly or through other countries to their final destination. Where the German Foreign Ministry confirmed the arrival of the first military evacuation plane from Sudan – via Jordan – with 101 German nationals and members of their families on board, in addition to "Nationals of partner countries". Three Airbus A400MS aircraft of the German Armed Forces headed to Sudan to transport more than 300 German citizens registered in the crisis list. And participate in this task more than a thousand elements of the German army forces. The French government also announced today the continuation of the evacuation of its nationals from Sudan, noting that another evacuation operation has been taking place since this morning (Monday), and added that its operations have so far resulted in the evacuation of 388 people. The French government confirmed that it is in close contact with European partners on the situation in Sudan, and reiterated its call for an end to the fighting in Sudan and a return to political talks. For its part, Sweden announced the evacuation of all its embassy staff in Khartoum, their families and an unspecified number of other Swedes to Djibouti. The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the army’s aircraft and personnel will continue to assist in the evacuation of foreign nationals as long as the security situation allows. The Spanish Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albarez, announced that his country had evacuated Spanish nationals from Sudan, including its embassy staff, as well as citizens of other countries. And Albarez wrote, through his official account on the social networking site / Twitter / yesterday evening / Sunday /: "Air Force planes have just taken off from Khartoum carrying our nationals and (staff) of the Spanish Embassy in Sudan". According to the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Spain has evacuated more than 30 Spaniards and about 70 nationals of other nationalities from Sudan. In Rome.. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced the evacuation of all her citizens who requested to leave Sudan, and called for "End the war and start negotiations". Meloni said in a statement "All our citizens who asked to leave have been evacuated"And they also have foreign nationals with them. The Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Taiani had said earlier that the Italian army evacuated "About 200 people, including Swiss citizens and members of the Vatican Embassy, board a plane bound for Djibouti". In turn, South Korea announced today the arrival of a plane carrying 29 South Korean citizens from Port Sudan to Jeddah Airport in Saudi Arabia. Military operations continue between the Sudanese army forces and the Rapid Support Forces, causing severe humanitarian and livelihood damage, amid expectations of continued fighting without a horizon for an urgent solution.
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