The effort to clarify the role of Akrotiri in the British operation began when Defense Minister Ben Wallace thanked, among other partners, Cyprus for its contribution to the rescue of the diplomats.
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British diplomats who fled the Sudanese capital Khartoum overnight on Saturday were transferred to the Akrotiri base in Cyprus, according to a Sky News report.
The effort to clarify the role of Akrotiri in the British operation began when Defense Minister Ben Wallace thanked, among other partners, Cyprus for its contribution to the rescue of the diplomats.
Sky News and the Sun newspaper were the first media to report that part of the operation was carried out from the British base in Cyprus. It has emerged that two A400 Atlas and C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, with additional British soldiers on board, departed the base for an airport about 30 kilometers outside Khartoum.
There the diplomats and their relatives had gathered, under the guidance of elite members of the British special forces who had arrived in the city earlier in the night in an American military aircraft, benefiting from a parallel American evacuation operation.
According to Sky News, the diplomats and their families, a total of around 30 people including children, will spend the night in hotels in Cyprus, without it being known whether they will remain on the island, return to the UK or transferred to a third country.
Source :Skai
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