The first batch of Indian nationals stuck in war-torn Sudan has left the Port Sudan on Tuesday under Operation Kaveri. Of the 500 Indians who had reached Port Sudan on Monday, 278 people departed for Jeddah on INS Sumedha.

The Union Ministry tweeted, “First batch of stranded Indians leave Sudan under #OperationKaveri.  INS Sumedha with 278 people onboard departs Port Sudan for Jeddah.” The tweet was shared by the External Affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.

Notably, as per sources around 3,000 Indians are stuck in the violence-hit African nation. One Indian from Kerala was killed in the violence last week.

In order to help nationals in Sudan, the Indian Government launched Operation Kaveri to evacuate its citizens stranded in war-torn Sudan amid the intense fighting between the country’s army troops and rival paramilitary force.

Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar took to Twitter to share the images evacuated citizens and said that India is committed to bring the stranded people back home.

“Operation Kaveri gets underway to bring back our citizens stranded in Sudan. About 500 Indians have reached Port Sudan. More on their way. Our ships and aircraft are set to bring them back home. Committed to assist all our bretheren in Sudan”, he tweeted.

The Operation would continue every Indian is rescued and bring back to Indian safely.

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