Turkish embassy workers reach Port Sudan amid clashes
ANKARA (AA): The Turkish embassy personnel in Khartoum reached Port Sudan on Thursday amid fighting in the North African nation, said the Turkish foreign minister.
Speaking to Turkish news broadcaster AHaber, Mevlut Cavusoglu said: “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.”
He said an embassy vehicle was targeted on May 6 while preparing for relocation and a Turkish plane was also targeted previously.
“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 said that the embassy staff were stuck and left without water and food. He added that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Sudan’s army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. An hour after their phone call, the embassy staff were relocated.
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