The United States carried out its first evacuations of private citizens in Sudan after initially ruling the efforts out as too dangerous.
Ambassador Zhang Jun tweeted that more than 1,300 Chinese nationals in Sudan had been evacuated as of Friday.
"Some have left Sudan by Chinese warships and boats, and some are on their way out of the country," he wrote."China has also helped nationals of 5 countries to leave Sudan by Chinese ships." People evacuated from Sudan arrive at the King Faisal Navy base in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on April 26, 2023. A Chinese official said that over 1,300 Chinese nationals in Sudan had been evacuated so far.Among them were at least 216 Pakistani nationals who arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, aboard a Chinese Navy ship, according to Zhang Heqing, cultural counselor at the Chinese embassy in Pakistan.
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