Spain is waiting for a security slot to be produced in order to access Sudan and evacuate the 80 citizens who depend on the national government. The Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are working together on this task, and in the last few hours Margarita Robles has reinforced the Spanish crew that she is waiting for from Djibouti, in case ground support for the evacuation had to be made.
While the United States evacuated its citizens last night and closed the Embassy, ??France is in full operation this morning. One of its citizens has been injured in an attack on the convoy during the evacuation. Spain sent two A400M planes to Djibouti, 1,200 kilometers from Khartoum, on Friday to be prepared for the evacuation.
This Saturday, Minister Robles explained that two more planes had been sent to transport material and that two more planes, which would make a total of six, had taken off to evacuation zone 2. Robles explained that “mobile vehicles have also been sent in case an evacuation by land is necessary, personnel from the Army and Special Operations.” El País reported yesterday that what has been sent are RG31 armored vehicles.
The minister also explained that “when the ceasefire is real, we will make that extraction.” That information is still valid today, as EL MUNDO has confirmed through diplomatic sources.
Of the people to be evacuated, around 20 Spaniards have not been able to reach the Embassy from the places where they are. However, Robles wanted to send a message of reassurance on Saturday, since they have located everyone and are in contact with them.
Sudan has been fighting for eight days between the Army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group. The confrontation arose from the reforms undertaken to form a new transitional government after the coup.
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