Jussi Tanner, the consular manager of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that he is confident that the majority of Finns will be removed from Sudan.
Numerous countries are now evacuating their citizens from violence-ridden Sudan.
Foreign minister Pekka Haavisto (green) said yesterday, Sunday, that the first Finns had been evacuated from Sudan to neighboring countries.
The consular chief of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs interviewed today on morning Jussi Tanner said that the evacuations continued smoothly despite the extremely challenging operating environment.
– The evacuations have continued smoothly now during the night, Tanner said.
He said he was confident that all Finns would be taken out of the country to safety.
It is estimated that there are 10–15 Finns in Sudan.
According to Haavisto, a total of 10 Finns have now been evacuated and there are still five or less than five Finns in Sudan.
According to Tanner, the security situation, especially in the capital Khartoum, is so weak that it makes it difficult to move around.
The RSF forces have been fighting for another week, general by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against the Sudanese army led by According to the UN, more than 420 people have died in the conflict and thousands have been wounded.
Numerous countries are now evacuating their citizens from Sudan
More than a thousand foreigners living or traveling in Sudan have already been evacuated to safety over the weekend.
Egypt says it has evacuated 436 of its citizens, while Jordan has 343.
Italy, France and Germany all said they had evacuated more than a hundred of their citizens.
In addition, evacuations have been carried out by at least the United States, Britain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Denmark, Canada and Japan.
Prime Minister of Sweden by Ulf Kristersson by (you switch to another service) 25 Swedish citizens have been granted asylum, many of them children.