An Indian Air Force C130 J flight brought back 47 passengers from violence-hit Sudan to India on Friday. With this arrival, a total of 3,862 persons have been moved out of Sudan so far under Operation Kaveri, Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar informed on Twitter. Jaishankar also said that moving passengers to Port Sudan from various locations across the country in precarious security circumstances was a complex exercise. He said that the airforce and commercial flights have brought people home from Jeddah
He further appreciated Saudi Arabia for hosting all the passengers and facilitating this process. Jaishnkar also praised the support extended by Chad, Egypt, France, South Sudan, UAE, UK, USA and UN. He also thanked Chad, Egypt, France, South Sudan, UAE, UK, USA and UN for their support. applauded the efforts made by everyone involved in Operation Kaveri.
Earlier, on Thursday, 192 Indians, who were stranded in Sudan, landed in Ahmedabad. They were brought to Gujarat in Indian Air Force C17 aircraft from Port Sudan to Ahmedabad. Government of India launched its ambitious rescue mission, "Operation Kaveri" to evacuate stranded Indians in conflict-ridden Sudan. The operation was carried out using 5 Indian Naval Ships and 16 Indian Air Force aircraft including one from Wadi Sayyidna military airbase.
The two warring factions in Sudan, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to a seven-day ceasefire, according to a statement of the foreign ministry of South Sudan on Tuesday, reported CNN. The statement added that the two sides also said that they would send representatives for peace talks "to be held at an agreed venue of their choice." Neither SAF nor RSF commented on the report on their official channels.
Previous ceasefires haven't been able to put an end to the violence between the opposing factions across the nation. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the commander of the Sudanese army, and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the leader of the RSF, failed to reach an agreement, and in the middle of April, there were violent skirmishes between the two sides that resulted in at least 528 deaths and large-scale migration of refugees from the country, CNN reported.