The American President, Joe Bidenannounced that, under his orders, USA has proceeded to evacuate its government personnel from Khartoum and has temporarily suspended embassy operations in Sudan.
The president said in a statement released by the White House that Ethiopia, Djibouti and Saudi Arabia were “decisive” for that output to be successful.
“We are temporarily suspending the operations of the United States embassy in Sudan, but our commitment to the Sudanese and the future they want is endless.”, added Biden in that note, where he said he was “proud” of the work carried out by the American personnel in the diplomatic legation.
Biden stressed that he is being informed of the work done to help the Americans in Sudan “as far as possible”. “We are also working closely with our allies and partners in this effort”held.
“This tragic violence in Sudan has already cost the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians. It is inconceivable and must stop. The warring parties must implement an immediate and unconditional ceasefire, allow unhindered humanitarian access and respect the will of the people of Sudan.”he claimed.
Why was the decision made?
The United States embassy in Khartoum had reported that, due to the insecurity situation in Khartoum and the closure of the international airport, it was not safe to carry out an evacuation, despite the fact that the Sudanese army had said shortly before that the North American country was going to proceed with the repatriation in a matter of “hours”.
conflict in sudan
The fighting that began on April 15 between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (FAR) paramilitary group arose after weeks of tension over the reform of the security forces in negotiations to form a new transitional government.
Both forces were the architects of the joint coup that overthrew the transitional government of Sudan in October 2021.
Since the outbreak of the conflict, according to the count offered this Friday by the World Health Organization (WHO), at least 413 people have died and 3,551 have been injured in Sudan.
The Pentagon announced on Thursday that it was closely monitoring the situation in Sudan and had deployed troops to the region in case it was necessary to evacuate its personnel from the country, something that finally happened on Saturday.
Source: EFE
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