CAIRO – 23 April 2023: Egypt started, on Sunday evacuating its nationals from safe areas in Sudan, in coordination with Sudanese authorities according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This comes within the framework of the efforts of the state to implement the evacuation plan for Egyptians from Sudan. The spokesperson elaborated that is why caution must be exercised during the evacuation to preserve the lives of expats and members of the diplomatic mission. He added that is especially true to countries having a large community of expats in Sudan, exceeding 10,000, which is the case of Egypt. In that context, he highlighted the examples of safe evacuation carried out by Egyptian embassies in the past years from Libya, Afghanistan, and Ukraine.

Source: Egypt Today April 23, 2023 21:58 UTC