Operation Kaveri: Ships, aircraft set to bring 500 Indians back home from Sudan

As the fighting between the Sudanese Army and paramilitary groups intensified in the capital Khartoum External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar informed that its Operation Kaveri to evacuate its citizens from battletorn Sudan is underway and about 500 Indians had reached the Port SudanIndia has launched Operation kaveri to bring back stranded Indians from the wartorn SudanTaking to Twitter Jaishankar said Operation Kaveri gets underway to bring back our citizens stranded in Sudan About 500 Indians have reached Port Sudan More on their way Our ships and aircraft are set to bring them back home Committed to assist all our bretheren in SudanEarlier France Embassy in India informed that their country has evacuated some Indians along with citizens of 27 other countries as part of its evacuation mission from violencehit SudanThe French embassy in New Delhi said on Monday that 388 people from 28 countries including India were evacuatedFrench evacuation operations are underway Last night two military flight rotations evacuated 388 people from 28 countries including Indian nationals it tweetedThe French diplomatic sources said that 5 Indian nationals were evacuated so far through a French Air Force flight A400M aircraft of the French Air Force flying in from Frances military base in DjiboutiEarlier on Saturday Saudi Arabia said it has evacuated 66 citizens of brotherly and friendly foreign countries that included a few Indian nationals from the conflicthit nationThe evacuation came days after Jaishankar spoke to his Saudi Arabia counterpart Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a highlevel meeting to review the security situation in SudanSudan is facing violence due to fighting between the army and the paramilitary forces There are reports of violence even amid a 72hour ceasefireAlso Read United States evacuating diplomats in Sudan amid fierce fightingIn the implementation of the directives of the Kingdoms Leadership we are pleased to announce the safe arrival of the evacuated citizens of the Kingdom from Sudan and several nationals of brotherly amp friendly countries including diplomats amp international officials Saudi Arabia Foreign Ministry statement saidThe Ministry said that not only its own citizens but also a number of citizens of allied and friendly nations were evacuated from the North African country of SudanWe are happy to announce the safe arrival of the Kingdoms citizens who were evacuated from the Republic of Sudan as well as a number of citizens of allied and friendly nations including diplomats and international officials who arrived in an evacuation operation conducted by the Royal Saudi Naval Forces with the assistance of other armed forces the statement saidPrime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a highlevel meeting to review the security situation in Sudan via videoconferencing on FridayDuring the meeting Prime Minister Modi assessed the most recent developments in Sudan and received a firsthand report of the conditions on the ground with a specific focus on the safety of over 3000 Indian citizens presently located throughout the countryEarlier Jaishankar had on April 20 met with UN SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres in New York and discussed the developments in SudanWe had a very good meeting Most of our meeting was on the Sudan situation We also discussed the G20 and Ukraine conflict but essentially it was about Sudan Jaishankar told ANIJaishankar said that the Indian government is in continuous touch with its citizens stuck in SudanFighting has been raging between forces loyal to Sudans army chief Abdel Fattah alBurhan and his deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces RSFThe conflict began since a coup in 2021 between Sudans military leader and his deputy on the ruling council erupted derailing a plan for a transition to a civilian democracy after the fall of longtime dictator Omar alBashir in 2019 Elections were supposed to be held by the end of 2023This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever