New Delhi: India has determined to briefly relocate its embassy from the violence-hit Sudanese capital metropolis of Khartoum to Port Sudan in view of the prevailing safety scenario within the African nation.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated this on Tuesday. “In view of the prevailing security situation in Sudan, including attacks in Khartoum city, it has been decided that the Indian Embassy in Khartoum will be temporarily relocated to Port Sudan,” it stated. “The situation will be assessed in the light of further developments,” the MEA stated.Â
Port Sudan is a port metropolis on the Red Sea in japanese Sudan. It is positioned at a distance of round 850 km from Khartoum.
Evacuation Of Indians From Sudan Continues
India has been working army plane and naval ships from Port Sudan to evacuate its residents from the African nation. The Indian embassy in Khartoum is positioned simply reverse to the airport within the metropolis and that zone has seen a variety of preventing.
In the previous few days, Indian officers labored around the clock to evacuate Indians, folks aware of the matter stated. No Indian official resides within the embassy complicated. They have been largely working from their locations of keep in view of the extraordinary preventing.
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Under “Operation Kaveri”, India has been taking its residents in buses from the battle zones of Khartoum and different troubled areas to Port Sudan, from the place they’re being taken to the Saudi Arabian metropolis of Jeddah within the Indian Air Force’s heavy-lift transport plane and Indian Navy’s ships.
From Jeddah, the Indians are being introduced again dwelling in both business flights or the IAF’s plane. India has arrange separate management rooms in Jeddah and Port Sudan.
“The Embassy may be approached at the following numbers: +249 999163790; +249 119592986; +249 915028256 and E-mail: cons1.Khartoum@mea.Gov.In,” the MEA stated in an announcement.
