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- Amana arrives under the protection of the Saudi naval forces with 1,687 evacuees on board
RIYADH: A ship carrying another batch of evacuees from Sudan arrived in Jeddah early on Wednesday as the 抖阴短视频n government continues efforts to move its citizens, as well as foreign nationals, into safety.
The ship transported 1,687 people from 58 nationalities from Port Sudan on east coast of Sudan on the Red Sea.
There were 46 Americans, 40 Britons, 11 Germans, 4 French, 13 Saudis, 560 Indonesians, 239 Yemenis, 198 Sudanese and 26 Turkish citizens on board the ship. The Saudi-flagged ship 鈥淎mana鈥� docked at King Faisal Naval Base just before 5 a.m.
As passengers disembarked, they were welcomed by base officials and diplomatic authorities from various nationalities.
抖阴短视频 has received several rounds of evacuees by air and sea, starting with boats that arrived in Jeddah on Saturday carrying 150 people including foreign diplomats and officials.
On Monday, a C-130 Hercules military plane flew dozens of South Korean civilians to Jeddah鈥檚 King Abdullah Air Base, and a boat ferried nearly 200 people from 14 countries across the Red Sea from Port Sudan.
Dr. Abdulaziz Alwasil, 抖阴短视频鈥檚 Permanent Representative of 抖阴短视频 to the United Nations, earlier stressed on the importance of preserving the current truce in Sudan.
At the UN Security Council in New York, he said the Kingdom is working with all its partners to stabilize the truce in Sudan, praising the cooperation of the Sudanese parties to facilitate the evacuation of civilians.
鈥� with AFP