Evacuation of Thais from Sudan begins Tuesday

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The Thai government started to evacuate 150 Thais from the Sudanese capital of Khartoum this morning, heading for the coastal town of Port Sudan where they will board a chartered ship or naval vessel of a foreign country for onward travel to Saudi Arabia.

 

According to informed government sources, the 850km overland journey from Khartoum to Port Sudan, located on the Red Sea, will take 15-20 hours. The journey is, however, hazardous. At least two evacuation convoys, including one for French citizens, have been attacked by unknown armed forces, during which one died and another was injured.

 

An Airbus A340 and a Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) C-130 transport plane were scheduled to leave Bangkok last night or this morning (Tuesday) for Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, to collect Thai evacuees and return them to Thailand, said the sources.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/evacuation-of-thais-from-sudan-begins-tuesday/

 

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