British armed forces have evacuated UK embassy staff and their families from Sudan, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Sunday, as fighting raged between rival Sudanese generals.
“UK armed forces have completed a complex and rapid evacuation of British diplomats and their families from Sudan, amid a significant escalation in violence and threats to embassy staff,” Sunak tweeted.
The prime minister said the government was “continuing to pursue every avenue to end the bloodshed in Sudan and ensure the safety of British nationals remaining in the country”.
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Defence mininster Ben Wallace tweeted that British forces undertook the military operation alongside “the US, France and other allies”.
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The British operation involved more than 1,200 personnel from the army, the Royal Marines and the Royal Air Force, he added.
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