The High Relief Authority issued a statement confirming that "based on the instructions of Prime Minister Najib Mikati, and since the beginning of the crisis in the sister Republic of Sudan, to ensure the safety of the Lebanese community members there, Secretary-General of the Authority, Major General Mohammad Khair, in cooperation with community members, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, and the Lebanese embassy in Sudan, has been gathering Lebanese nationals wishing to leave Sudan at a hotel in Khartoum and transporting them to Port Sudan. In a second phase, they will be transferred to the city of Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which has generously provided all the facilities in collaboration with the Lebanese consul in Jeddah, Walid Mankara, and a plane carrying them from there to Rafik Hariri Airport is expected to arrive within the next twenty-four hours."
The statement continued: "An additional group of community members in Sudan has begun being gathered at the Rotana Hotel in Khartoum, to be subsequently transported to Lebanon smoothly, ensuring their safety in collaboration with the relevant authorities."
Moreover, "General Khair expressed gratitude to the authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Sudan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, the Embassy in Sudan, and the Consulate in Jeddah, for their cooperation and efforts with the Authority to secure the return of the Lebanese from Sudan. He particularly thanked the president of the Lebanese community in Sudan, Saadallah Mikati, for his constant communication and assistance to the Authority, as well as the Saudi navy, which ensured their transport from Port Sudan to Jeddah and thus the success of the evacuation operation."
It is worth noting that the first phase included the transport of 33 Lebanese nationals, 17 Palestinians, and 7 Syrians.
