Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says evacuating citizens and diplomatic staff from Sudan is “impossible” right now due to security risks in the capital Khartoum.
Any evacuation plans would pose extreme security risks since most major airports have become battlegrounds and movement out of Khartoum to safer areas is dangerous, she said.
“The situation renders it impossible at the moment,” Joly told CBC News on Thursday. “We are assessing the situation constantly.”
Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly speaks to reporters before heading into a meeting of the Liberal caucus in Ottawa on March 8. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
With violence between Sudan’s army and a powerful paramilitary
