The Diplomat
A Spanish Air Force plane evacuated a hundred people from Sudan last night, including more than 30 Spaniards and some 70 citizens of other nationalities, according to a joint press release from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence.
The evacuees left Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, shortly before 11 p.m. for Djibouti, in a joint operation by the two ministries, whose heads, José Manuel Albares and Margarita Robles, were in contact throughout the day to ensure the success of the evacuation.
The note indicates that in addition to Spaniards and Sudanese, there were passengers of eight other nationalities: Portuguese, Italians, Poles, Irish, Mexicans, Venezuelans, Colombians and Argentinians.
Another group of Spaniards decided, voluntarily, to remain in Sudan or leave by other means, while others had already managed to leave the country before the implementation of this operation.
The transfer operation from the Spanish Embassy in Khartoum was carried out without incident thanks to a security operation to guarantee the integrity of the transfer for the members of the convoy, the note adds.
The operation, on the part of the Spanish Armed Forces, consisted of four Air and Space Army planes, which flew between Djibouti and Spain to transport all the military material and personnel involved in the operation, which was carried out from Khartoum airport. Around 200 military personnel from the Spanish Army and Air Force were involved in the operation.
Likewise, support was provided from Djibouti by personnel from the Orion Detachment, which became the forward base for the deployment of the Operation for the evacuation of Spanish civilian personnel in Sudan after the outbreak of armed conflict.
