Saudi Arabia completes all humanitarian evacuations, including 32 Sri Lankans from Sudan

Saudi Ambassador Khaled Hamoud Alkahtani said that his country completed the implementation of all humanitarian evacuations of its citizens and nationals of other countries, including 32 Sri Lankans from embattled Sudan.

He said it was done under the directives and follow-up of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the Crown Prince and in response to requests received by the Kingdom from many countries of the world.

“The humanitarian evacuations carried out by the Kingdom included 8,455 people (404 Saudi citizens, and 8,051 people belonging to 110 nationalities, including 32 Sri Lankans), who were evacuated by fleets of Royal Saudi Navy vessels and Royal Saudi Air Force planes. The Kingdom also assisted brotherly and friendly countries in evacuating (11,184) people from its nationals to the Kingdom and then to their home countries, and provided them with full care and follow-up throughout the evacuation operations and after their arrival and stay in Saudi Arabia and until their departure from Saudi Arabia.

The Ambassador added that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia takes this to express the Saudi government’s thanks and appreciation to the brothers in Sudan for their cooperation in facilitating the evacuations. It also expressed thanks to all the governments of brotherly and friendly countries that followed up on the affairs of their nationals who were evacuated from the Sudanese territory and cooperated in ending the procedures regarding their return to their home countries.