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Japan Closes its Embassy in Sudan, India Evacuates More Than 270 Compatriots
Japan Closes its Embassy in Sudan, India Evacuates More Than 270 Compatriots
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The Japanese government has closed its embassy in Sudan due to ongoing armed clashes and evacuated its diplomatic corps from the country to neighboring Djibouti.
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"Given the rapidly deteriorating security situation, the staff of the Japanese Embassy in Sudan has left the country in cooperation with friendly national and international organizations and has been evacuated to Djibouti. For this reason, on April 24, the Japanese Embassy in Sudan was temporarily closed, and a temporary representative office was established in Djibouti," the Japanese Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The ministry added that on Monday, 45 people had been transported from Sudan to Djibouti, including Japanese nationals and their relatives living in Sudan. Another four Japanese citizens departed from Sudan on board of a French military aircraft, the statement read. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also confirmed that all Japanese nationals who had wished to leave Sudan due to the tense security situation had already departed from the African country. Meanwhile, the South Korean Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that it expected a South Korean tanker transport plane with 28 country's nationals on board to return from Sudan at around 4:00 p.m. local time (07:00 GMT). Apart from that, the Indian Navy patrol ship Sumedha evacuated more than 270 Indians from Sudan, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said. Earlier, the Indian Foreign Ministry reported that the country's authorities sent a Sumedha patrol ship and two Lockheed Martin C-130 military transport aircraft to the UAE in preparation for the evacuation of Indians. The ministry noted that, in addition to the Sudanese authorities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Indian Embassy in Sudan also maintain regular contacts with the UN, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and the United States.On April 15, violent clashes between the Sudanese military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group broke out, with the epicenter in Khartoum. Government forces accused the RSF of mutiny and launched airstrikes against their bases. Abdel Fattah Burhan, the head of the Sudanese military, issued a decree disbanding the RSF. The parties have introduced a number of temporary nationwide ceasefires since then, but they have not contributed to the settlement of the conflict yet. So far, around 600 people have died in the clashes, the Sudanese Health Ministry said last Friday. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization reported over 400 deaths and said more than 3,500 people had been injured.
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Japan Closes its Embassy in Sudan, India Evacuates More Than 270 Compatriots
12:26 25.04.2023 (Updated: 08:25 02.05.2023) TOKYO (Sputnik) – The Japanese government has closed its embassy in Sudan due to ongoing armed clashes and evacuated its diplomatic corps from the country to neighboring Djibouti, where Japan's temporary office has been established, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
"Given the rapidly deteriorating security situation, the staff of the Japanese Embassy in Sudan has left the country in cooperation with friendly national and international organizations and has been evacuated to Djibouti. For this reason, on April 24, the Japanese Embassy in Sudan was temporarily closed, and a temporary representative office was established in Djibouti," the Japanese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The ministry added that on Monday, 45 people
had been transported from Sudan to Djibouti, including Japanese nationals and their relatives living in Sudan. Another four Japanese citizens departed from Sudan on board of a French military aircraft, the statement read.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also confirmed that all Japanese nationals who had wished to leave Sudan due to the tense security situation had already departed from the African country.
Meanwhile, the South Korean Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that it expected a South Korean tanker transport plane with 28 country's nationals on board to return from Sudan at around 4:00 p.m. local time (07:00 GMT).
Apart from that, the Indian Navy patrol ship Sumedha evacuated more than 270 Indians from Sudan, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said.
"The first batch of stranded Indians is leaving Sudan as part of Operation Kaveri. The Indian Navy ship Sumedha with 278 people on board is leaving Port Sudan for Jeddah," he said in social media.
Earlier, the Indian Foreign Ministry reported that the country's authorities sent a Sumedha patrol ship and two Lockheed Martin C-130 military transport aircraft to the UAE in preparation for the evacuation of Indians.
The ministry noted that, in addition to the Sudanese authorities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Indian Embassy in Sudan also maintain regular contacts with the UN, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and the United States.
On April 15, violent clashes between the Sudanese military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group
broke out, with the epicenter in Khartoum. Government forces accused the RSF of mutiny and launched airstrikes against their bases. Abdel Fattah Burhan, the head of the Sudanese military, issued a decree disbanding the RSF. The parties have introduced a number of temporary nationwide ceasefires since then, but they have not contributed to the settlement of the conflict yet.
So far, around 600 people have died in the clashes, the Sudanese Health Ministry said last Friday. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization reported over 400 deaths and said more than 3,500 people had been injured.
