UK thanks Egypt for support to evacuate British nationals from Sudan

CAIRO – 25 May 2023: Andrew Mitchell, UK Minister of State for Development and Africa, extended thanks to Egypt for its support over the past weeks to evacuate the British nationals from Sudan.

Mitchell made the remarks to press at the end of his visit to Egypt to participate in the 58th Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB).

Mitchell said he is confident that support will be extended to the civilians and that the conflict will end in cooperation with the regional partners.

The UK minister also hailed the effective and practical efforts made by Egypt to secure the ceasefire following the latest clashes between Israel and the Palestinian factions in Gaza.

Amid the fighting that broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in mid-April, Egypt has evacuated thousands of citizens and received tens of thousands of Sudanese people and nationals of other countries.

So far, Egypt has evacuated more than 7,800 Egyptians, according to data by the Ministry of Immigration earlier in May.

Egypt has received 98,000 people coming from Sudan out of 120,000 people who fled from the clashes to neighboring countries, according to data by the UN last week.