Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

Turkish Embassy employees arrive at Port Sudan due to a conflict


(MENAFN) On Thursday, Turkish Embassy employees in Khartoum got to Port Sudan due to a conflict in the North African country, stated the Turkish foreign minister.

“There are violent clashes in the neighborhood and the street where our embassy is located, we have decided to temporarily move our embassy to Port Sudan (from Khartoum), our colleagues arrived in Port Sudan today,” as declared by the Turkish newscaster AHaber, Mevlut Cavusoglu.

On May 6 He claimed an embassy automobile was targeted while arranging for moving and a Turkish plane was targeted too earlier.

“Actually, we don't take sides here, both sides have respect (for Türkiye), but it's as if some other power is trying to pull us into this. There are Westerners here, there are also regional countries that take sides.”

Cavusoglu declared that the embassy employees were locked and held with no water and food, in addition, Turkish Leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan talked to Sudan’s military head Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. An hour following their phone call, the embassy employees were relocated.

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