DOHA, Apr 30 No obstacles to the evacuation of Russians from Sudan does not exist, said Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali al-Sadiq Ali.
«We are in constant contact with the Russian Embassy in Khartoum, I personally am constantly in touch with Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov in this regard. There are no obstacles to the evacuation of Russians from Sudan and the implementation of the plan proposed by the Russian side for this,» — said as-Sadiq.
According to him, the evacuation of foreign citizens from Sudan is proceeding in an organized manner.
There has not yet been an official decision on the evacuation of Russian citizens from Sudan.
Earlier, Russian Ambassador to Sudan Andrey Chernovol said that 140 people were on the list for evacuation from Sudan. At the same time, according to the Russian Consulate General in Jeddah, up to forty Russian citizens have already been evacuated from Sudan to Saudi Arabia, including several families, employees of one of the Russian companies. However, the Russian diplomatic mission in Sudan cannot yet clarify whether these people were included in the list for evacuation.
Fighting has been going on in Sudan since April 15 between the Rapid Reaction Forces (RRF) under the command of Mohammed Hamdan Daglo and the regular army. The opposing forces in Sudan are exchanging conflicting statements about military successes and control of facilities, launching a large-scale information war in the media and social networks. UN Secretary General António Guterres, speaking at a meeting of the Security Council, called on the parties in Sudan to immediately stop hostilities. Volker Perthes, special representative of the organization's secretary general for Sudan, said that there are no unequivocal signs of the readiness of any of the parties to the conflict in Sudan for negotiations.