“Evacuating Thai Citizens from Conflict-Ridden Sudan: A Struggle Proving Leadership in Action”

But Sudan has excellent relations with the Arab League member countries. which is next to their own neighboring countries

While Sudan’s relationship with Thailand is progressive, Most of them are cooperation in electric power generation. Although doing business between them is not much, but in the past 5 years, we have seen Thai businessmen opening restaurants. and supermarkets to bring a variety of Thai products to sell in Khartoum. which can make up to 35,185 million baht and Thailand has always had a balance of trade

Thailand has neither an embassy nor a consulate-general in Sudan. There are only Sudanese honorary consulates in Khartoum. It is normally responsible for overseeing and protecting the interests of Thai people and promoting Thai businesses in Sudan.

especially during the past week The fighting between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has increased the degree of conflict. As a result, the Thai government ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to hold an emergency meeting and carefully consider the situation. to evacuate Thai people in Sudan as quickly as possible Initially, it gathered about 212 people, most of whom were students in Khartoum.

The ministry assigned the embassy in Cairo, which has territory covering Sudan, to be the contact point for all parties to bring Thai people out of Sudan safely in close coordination with the embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

But had to encounter many obstacles. Because Khartoum is in the middle of the country. The radius of travel from Sudan to the border is 700 – 1,000 km and the roads are in poor condition. Other than that, it’s a road that can’t be used all the way. Or is it a dangerous route from the attacks of many guerrilla groups as well as ransom groups?

from careful evaluation The best route compared to all routes is the one from Khartoum to the Port of Sudan. distant almost a thousand km to take a boat to another point Therefore, bringing Thai people out of their addresses to go to the assembly point was difficult. because communication cannot be done all the time due to unstable internet And the car hired by the Thai authorities to pick up people from their residences was hit by bullets while picking them up. (The car was damaged but no one was injured)

The night before the scheduled pick-up date, the Egyptian embassy was informed by the car company that it could no longer come. The embassy had to hurry to find another option in less than 12 hours, which the Honorary Consul-General in Khartoum was very helpful. at the port of Sudan Report that the service is no longer available. This makes it possible to think of other channels for the evacuation plan to go forward.

Inside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. This work must be handed down by Don Pramudwinai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister picking up the phone to contact the friendly country department. To help take care of the safety of the route and follow the 7 checkpoints on the route used to evacuate Thai people to the port of Sudan in a timely manner.

Obstacles are there to bump into and prove leadership in action at all levels. Until in the end, Thai people in Sudan and their spouses have traveled to Thailand safely.