A handout image supplied by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on April 22, 2023, reveals members of the armed forces passing out sweets and flowers to Saudi residents and other nationals upon their arrival in Jeddah, following their rescue from Sudan.
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Saudi Arabia on April 22 introduced that it has evacuated a number of residents of “brotherly and friendly” overseas international locations from Sudan that included a number of Indian nationals. According to an announcement from Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 66 residents from these international locations have been evacuated by Saudi Arabia on April 22.
Apart from nationals from India, Pakistan Bangladesh, United Arab Emirates and a number of other other international locations 91 Saudi residents have been additionally evacuated, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia introduced.
The operation was carried out by the royal Saudi navel forces in coordination with members of other branches of the Saudi army. India had been in contact with Saudi Arabia with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar who known as up his Saudi counterpart to make sure evacuation of Indian nationals.
According to accessible data there are round 3000 Indian residents out of which a bulk of the Indians are situated in capital Khartoum however many are additionally situated in other elements of the nation together with the conflict-prone Darfur in West Sudan. With this Saudi Arabia turned the primary nation to residents from conflict-torn Sudan which witnessed intense preventing between the paramilitary RSF and the Sudanese armed forces during the last 7 days.
