Thirteen more people, Greeks and their familieswere released from Sudan and arrived late last night on German flights to Amman, Jordan, according to a statement from the Foreign Ministry.

Them Among the liberated is His Eminence Metropolitan of Nubia. Saturday.

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendiasexpressed his deep gratitude to his German colleague Analena Burbock for the assistance her country is providing in the efforts to free the Greeks and their families from Sudan.

“The process and actions to release our compatriots and their family members from Sudan continue in close coordination with our EU partners and allies,” the Foreign Ministry added.

Yesterday, Tuesday, other groups of Greeks also managed – in cooperation with our partners in the EU – to leave and reach Jordan and Egypt.

Meanwhile, a second Air Force transport arrived in Djibouti to receive the Greeks taken out of the warring country.

Three more Greeks were repatriated, this time on an Italian C-130 plane that landed in Rome last night. They arrived in Athens on a Sky Express flight.

On Tuesday morning, a C-27 transport plane carrying 17 Greeks liberated from Sudan landed, and a military ambulance on a stretcher picked up a Greek who had been injured on the first day of hostilities in Khartoum. This is a 42-year-old man, transferred to the 401st military hospital, who underwent surgery on his leg, hemodynamically stable, with a good level of communication. The victims received fractures of the lower extremities and shrapnel wounds. He was hospitalized in an orthopedic clinic, his condition is stable. An operation is planned for treatment.

Arrived on a special flight to the airport “Eleftherios Venizelos”, the second wounded Greek, who is intubated and his health condition does not allow him to travel on the C-27. He was shot down by a rocket near the Church of the Holy Annunciation in Khartoum and is among the Greeks who escaped with the help of French special forces. Standing guard beside him is his son, who he says thought he was going to die and never come back.

The 54-year-old expatriate remains intubated in a critical condition in the intensive care unit of the 401st General Military Hospital of Athens and underwent many hours of surgery on Tuesday afternoon to treat serious abdominal wounds. , legs and face. As his son stated this morning, the doctors will have a clearer idea of ​​his health, but he will also need a new operation, as a young man who is constantly by his side said that he initially had the operation by the French. doctors, as he was wounded by a stray bullet.

“Gaps” in the ceasefire

At the same time, the Special Representative and head of the UN mission in Sudan condemned, addressing the Security Council, that the belligerents in the northeast African state “neglect the laws of war”, inflicting strikes on populated areas without regard for the fate of civilians.

“The two opposing sides are fighting against the law and the rules of war, attacking densely populated areas, with little regard for the civilian population, hospitals and even vehicles transporting the wounded and sick,” Volker Perthes emphasized.

A 72-hour ceasefire agreement announced by the United States on Monday between the forces of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the de facto leader of the country since the October 2021 military coup, and the former deputy commander of the military junta, General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, nicknamed “Hameti”, the commander paramilitary operational support forces (RSF), only partially seen in Khartoum.

But in the capital, fighting around “strategic sites” not only “continued” but in some cases “intensified,” said Mr. Perthes, speaking from Port Sudan (east), where the UN hastily transferred some of its personnel from mission.

“At present, there is no clear indication that either (general) is ready to really negotiate, which suggests that both believe that military superiority over the other side remains possible,” the German diplomat continued.

Sudan will be lost

It’s a “miscalculation,” added the special envoy, who will take over in 2021. “Even if one side wins, Sudan will lose,” he insisted.

The war that broke out in Sudan on April 15 is “causing a humanitarian catastrophe” and “citizens are paying the price,” Mr. Perthes said.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres, describing ten “heartbreaking” days of “violence and chaos”, reiterated his concern about the generalization and spread of armed conflict.

“All seven countries neighboring Sudan have been involved in conflicts or mass political unrest over the past decade,” he recalled.

“The conflict over power in Sudan threatens not only the future of the country. It ignites a spark that could explode beyond its borders, causing great suffering for years to come and setting back development for decades,” Mr. Guterres warned.

With a population of 46 million and rich in gold and oil, the country remains one of the poorest in the world.

At least 460 people have died and more than 4,100 have been injured since the outbreak of hostilities, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The actual death toll is believed to be much higher.

Air raids and shelling continued, especially in the cities of Bahri and Omdurman.

As supplies of food and water run low, there are many reports of home invasions, robberies and theft, especially of vehicles.

“We have also received very disturbing information about sexual harassment,” Volker Perthes said.

At the same time, foreign countries continue to hastily expel their citizens and diplomats.

Health services were already under enormous pressure, and as if that weren’t enough, a Red Cross medical depot was looted, Farid Aiwar, spokesman for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Sudan, said. This means that restocking medical facilities, which are already facing severe shortages, is becoming even more difficult.

with information from Reuters, ERT, APE-MBE