JABAR EKSPRES –Minister of Foreign Affairs, Retno Marsudi said that, as of May 1, 2023, 949 Indonesian citizens have been successfully evacuated from Sudan.
“I would like to give an update on the evacuation of Indonesian citizens from Sudan. As of today (May 1), 949 Indonesian citizens have been evacuated from Sudan with details, 930 people were evacuated via Jeddah, 13 people were evacuated via Egypt, and 6 people were evacuated via the United Arab Emirates,” Retno said in a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday (5/2).
She mentioned that the total number of Indonesian citizens who have been repatriated to Indonesia is 829 people, and all of them are through Jeddah.
They were repatriated in three stages with the first stage totaling 385 people arriving on April 28 using Garuda Indonesia aircraft.
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In the second stage, 363 people arrived on April 30, also with Garuda Indonesia, while the third stage arrived 75 people on May 1 using an Air Force plane. Meanwhile, 6 Indonesians arranged their return independently.
According to Retno, the fourth phase of repatriation is scheduled to take place on May 2 with Garuda Indonesia where 100 people will be transported to Jakarta.
“We should be grateful that the evacuation process of Indonesian citizens can be carried out well in the midst of many countries that are still trying to evacuate their citizens from Sudan,” Retno said.
“On this occasion, I would like to express my appreciation and gratitude to the Governments of Egypt and the United Arab Emirates who have helped evacuate several Indonesian citizens out of Sudan,” she continued.
The situation in Sudan has been volatile since a military conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted on April 15, 2023.
The conflict threatened the security situation in Sudan so that the Indonesian Embassy in Khartoum set Alert II status on April 16, 2023.
