The Government Continues To Try To Restore 1,000 Indonesian Citizens Trapped In Military Conflicts In Sudan

Dozens of Indonesian citizens were evacuated to the Indonesian Embassy in Khartoum on Tuesday (18/4/2023) (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Director of Protection for Indonesian Citizens and BHI of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Judha Nugraha said the government continues to seek to evacuate more than a thousand Indonesian citizens (WNI) from Sudan. Coordination with the United Nations (UN) and several foreign missions in Sudan were carried out," Judha said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, April 24. Since April 15, Sudan has been hit by armed conflict between national soldiers (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The military battle resulted in at least 413 deaths and 3,551 injured people, according to United Nations (UN) data as of April 21, 2023. Based on data from the Indonesian Embassy in Khartoum, currently 1,209 Indonesian citizens live in Sudan. Most of them are students and students. Responding to Sudan's alert security status 1, the Indonesian KBRI Khartoum protection team until April 20, 2023 has succeeded in evacuating 43 Indonesian citizens trapped at the battle site to a shelter in the Indonesian Embassy. Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi previously said preparations for the evacuation of Indonesian citizens from Sudan had been coordinated with five representatives of the Republic of Indonesia, namely those in Khartoum (Sudan), Cairo (Egypt), Addis Ababa (Zeda), as well as Riyadh and Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). However, Retno said, evacuation could only be carried out if the two parties in conflict agreed to a humanitarian break. The bodies could be used by other countries to save their citizens from Sudan or for the international community to channel humanitarian aid to Sudan.

The United States, Britain, and Saudi Arabia have succeeded in evacuating their citizens from Sudan. Meanwhile, Spain, South Korea, Kuwait, and Egypt have also coordinated to save their citizens from conflict zones.