Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand confirmed on Sunday that Canadian evacuation flights from Sudan had been halted, due to reports of gunfire near the airport that serves as an airlift.

Anand reiterated the government’s warning to avoid the airfield north of the capital, Khartoum, and said there would be no more military flights due to “volatile and dangerous ground conditions”.

“Due to the dangerous conditions and in accordance with decisions made by our allies, no further Canadian flights are scheduled from Wadi Seidna airfield and Canadian Armed Forces personnel are off the airfield,” he said. declared.

Canadian Joint Operations Commander Bob Auchterlonie said “there was significant ground fire in the area,” he told CBC’s Canadian network.

“However, our work is not finished and the Canadian government is working with partners to find other possible ways for these citizens to leave Sudan by land,” the minister added.

The Canadian Defense Chief has signaled that Canadians are moving and that there are commercial evacuation options, as reported by the aforementioned TV channel.

The United Kingdom, which had also announced the temporary suspension of any new departure, had to rectify this Sunday and schedule a new evacuation flight after the controversy over the “abandonment” denounced by the British caught up in the conflict in Sudan.

Este mismo domingo London habia informado de la partida del último de los 21 vuelos organized par la evacuación de británicos ciudadanos de Sudán ante la crisis desatada por el enfrentamiento entre el Ejército y las Fuerzas de Apoyo the country.

During the day, the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced their intention to extend the ceasefire agreed between the two parties for another 72 hours, which expired at midnight on Sunday. .

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