1 May. (EUROPE PRESS) –
Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand confirmed Sunday that evacuation flights for Canadians from Sudan have been terminated, due to reports of shooting taking place near the airport that is serving as an airlift.
Anand has reiterated the government’s warning to avoid the airfield north of the capital, Khartoum, and has indicated that there will be no more military flights due to “volatile and dangerous conditions on the ground.”
“Due to the dangerous conditions and in line with decisions made by our allies, no further Canadian flights are planned from Wadi Seidna airfield and Canadian Armed Forces personnel are off the airfield,” he said.
Canadian joint operations commander Bob Auchterlonie has stated that “there was significant ground fire in the area,” he told the Canadian CBC network.
“However, our work is not done and the Canadian government is working with partners to find other possible ways for these citizens to leave Sudan by land,” added the minister.
The head of Canadian Defense has reported that Canadians are relocating and that there are commercial evacuation options, as reported by the aforementioned television channel.
The United Kingdom, which had also announced the temporary suspension of any new departure, had to rectify this Sunday and schedule a new evacuation flight after the controversy over the “abandonment” denounced by the British caught up in the conflict in Sudan.
This same Sunday London had reported the departure of the last of the 21 flights organized for the evacuation of British citizens from Sudan in the face of the crisis unleashed by the confrontation between the Army and the Rapid Support Forces despite acknowledging that there were still British citizens in the country.
During this day, the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have announced their intention to extend the ceasefire agreed between the two parties for another 72 hours, which expired at midnight on Sunday.
