97 Chinese workers evacuated from South Sudan to Khartoum
Source: Xinhua
KHARTOUM, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- A total of 97 Chinese oil workers on Wednesday arrived in the Sudanese capital Khartoum after being evacuated from South Sudan due to the widespread clashes there.
The workers of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) were operating at the Fuluj oil field in South Sudan's Upper Nile state, where the South Sudanese army have confirmed clashes are raging between them and some defectors.
Two more batches of Chinese workers, 97 and 110 in headcount, are expected to arrive in Khartoum later.
The first batch of the Chinese workers were received at Khartoum airport by Chinese Ambassador to Sudan Luo Xiaoguang and an official from CNPC.
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Chinese evacuated from South Sudan leave the terminal at the airport in Khartoum, Sudan, Dec. 25, 2013. A South Sudan army spokesman on Wednesday said clashes were still ongoing between government forces and defected troops loyal to former Vice-President Riek Machar in Malakal, capital of oil-rich Upper Nile state, while some reports said the city fell in the hands of the defectors. Some 300 Chinese citizens working at the oil field will evacuate from South Sudan on Wednesday, 97 of whom have already arrived in Khartoum. (Xinhua/Mohammed Babiker)
