A Chinese affairs expert, commenting on Sky News Arabia, attributes China’s ability to carry out these dangerous operations to its military deployment around Sudan.
Chinese news agency Xinhua described the operations, saying Beijing was carrying out “difficult and dangerous tasks” to transport its nationals and foreigners to safe areas, as well as to evacuate peacekeepers who were in a “dangerous” position. during clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan.
Some evacuations stretched for a thousand kilometers inside Sudan, and others reached 850 kilometers deep in the desert, until they reached border points, and the individuals were transferred to a Chinese military base. to Djibouti and then to their country.
Rescue of blue helmets
The Chinese peacekeeping mission evacuated trapped UN soldiers. The third unit of Chinese military peacekeeping helicopters from the United Nations Interim Security Force (UNISFA) helped transport 19 UN personnel from the south of the country to the Abyei region. , depending on the unit. Chinese warships evacuated 493 people, including 272 Chinese and 221 foreigners from countries including Pakistan and Brazil, in two operations in late April and early May, according to Xinhua. Pakistanis stranded in Sudan spoke of their country’s embassy-led rescue efforts to evacuate them, which witnessed full Chinese cooperation, and the Pakistani Foreign Ministry thanked China, saying, “We We are grateful to our Chinese friends for this gesture of support and friendship.” The Chinese navy participated in the transfer of the survivors, Omar Khan, one of the stranded Pakistanis, says: “The worst moment of my life was when the conflict broke out in Sudan, and I wasn’t sure I could go home, until the Pakistani embassy sent us.” At the port of Port Sudan, and from there a Chinese ship took us to Jeddah.”
military deployment
Chinese affairs expert Mazen Hassan points to the role of Chinese military deployment in countries close to Sudan in carrying out these operations.
China has a military base in Djibouti, which has played a major role in the rescue operations from the sites of clashes, and Chinese warships and rescue planes are still involved in transporting nationals of other countries to this moment, according to Hassan.
Beijing established its base in Djibouti in 2017, as the first military base outside its borders, as a reflection and support of its economic expansion and the preservation of its trade passing through the seas and oceans in the context of fierce global competition. for important ports.
China also participates in United Nations peacekeeping forces in several countries in Africa, including South Sudan and Central Africa, which are close to Sudan, and on several occasions it has also sent troops to the Darfur region of Sudan.
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