A team of British troops have flown into a port town in the East of Sudan on a reconnaissance mission as the United Kingdom government weighs available options to evacuate British nationals stranded in the crisis-hit country, most prominently its capital, Khartoum.
The soldiers landed at Port Sudan, on the Red Sea on Monday, according to a Daily Mail report.
This, however, does not mean a rescue is imminent.
A British warship, the HMS Lancaster, is also in the region and could be used to help with rescue missions, according to Whitehall sources.
The Royal Air Force is considering a “viable option” of flying in from Cyprus to a Sudanese airfield just outside the capital — a route used over the weekend to rescue diplomats stuck in the war-torn country.
This is due to the 500-mile long and arduous journey from Khartoum to Port Sudan, Daily Mail reports.
Any decision, however, to order new evacuations will largely depend on the government’s willingness to take risks.
