The Libyan Ambassador to Sudan, Fawzi Boumrez stated that the Embassy is working to evacuate 15 Libyan nationals stranded in Sudan.
The Ambassador noted that 105 nationals, consisting of diplomatic staff and their families, students, and employees of Libyan institutions operating in Sudan were evacuated by sea through Port Sudan to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Earlier this week, Boumrez confirmed that the evacuation took place in coordination with the Saudi embassy in Sudan. He pointed out that the process of transferring Libyans from Saudi Arabia to Libya will be by air via a Libyan plane.
The Libyan Embassy in Sudan said last week that it has evacuated 83 stranded Libyans in Khartoum, transferring them to safer places. The evacuated Libyans were moved to the city of Port Sudan, as a first step before arranging their repatriation to Libya.
Notably, a high-ranking Libyan military official warned of the repercussions of the armed clashes in Sudan, on the situation in Libya.
He called for the closure of the common borders with Sudan, until the situation calms down.
The Commander of the Military Organization and Administration Authority in southern Libya, Brigadier General Abdel-Salam Al-Busaifi appealed to the Chiefs of Staff in the East and West of Libya to quickly close the borders.
He urged them to “assign striking military forces to protect them, and prevent any infiltration and to station reconnaissance planes at Kufra Airport.”
“I think it will be a long-term war, and we have to close our border like what Chad has done since the start of the clashes in Sudan,” Al-Bousaifi said in press statements. He pointed out that the southeast region would be most affected if the clashes spread to Libya.
For its part, the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on Libyan citizens in Sudan to stay indoors and exercise caution.
The violence is the latest setback in a long-delayed transition to a civilian government following the ousting of dictator Omar Al-Bashir in 2019, after months of street protests.
