the uk s new deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, spoke to the bbc about the situation. clearly, it is a complex and fluid situation. it is the case that the ministry of defence is acting in support of the foreign and commonwealth office. now, you would not expect me right now for security reasons to comment on ongoing movements on the ground. but that is the current situation. what i would say to british nationals who are in that country, they should follow the advice which is to stay indoors, to make the foreign office aware through their website of their location. what i would say is, the situation in sudan is very different to, for example, to what you saw in afghanistan. clearly, we don t kind of have the level of personnel and so on there that we had in that situation.
country. it s worth pointing out we aren t the only nation. it also suggests that because france, germany, spain and the us have all had their elite forces doing exactly what we ve been doing. there are a lot of assets that could be utilised to create a safe passage out of the country. probably best determined by the seas for it cease fire. does the seas for it cease-fire. does the seas for it cease-fire. does the british the seas for it cease-fire. does the british government the seas for it cease-fire. does the british government know- the seas for it cease fire. does the british government know how many passport holders are in sudan was? this isn t something anyone knows on their own nationalities, but would encourage all of those who are based there to register with the foreign and commonwealth office in order that they can ascertain who is there. the advice is to stay put for there. the advice is to stay put for the moment. i understand there s over 1,000 registe
some have told us that other countries are providing more support and information. the advice to them is to stay indoors,. the foreign office says it has teams working around the clock in london as they did here during afghanistan emasculation which took out 15,000 people, but was chaotic afghanistan invasion. evacuation. there are no uk troops on the ground and no secure air base to to use. today s irish s aspiration had to be carried out rapidly. that s out of action, so two transport planes filled into an airfield with armoured vehicles. 1200 personnel were needed to extractjust a few dozen people. we don t know exactly how many british nationals are in sudan. the foreign out foreign
easily a couple more thousand that are out there as well. be others who will be legitimately. will want to stay there. the majority, absolutely we want to get out because this is a deteriorating situation. 0nly means the best thing for everyone to do is depart. i do hope that the government is able to provide clarity on that. i suspect the foreign secretary will give a statement for the house tomorrow. i have constituents who have loved ones still stuck in sudan you are waiting for information. it’s ones still stuck in sudan you are waiting for information. it s over a week since waiting for information. it s over a week since fighting waiting for information. it s over a week since fighting broke - waiting for information. it s over a week since fighting broke out, - waiting for information. it s over a l week since fighting broke out, there has been some criticism that the government s being somewhat slow to react. i government s being somewhat slow to react. ., , ., governme