COLOMBO : A group of 212 evacuees including 41 Saudis and 171 other nationalities arrived in Jeddah bringing the grand total of evacuees to 5,409 and 541 Saudi citizens, Khalid Hamoud Al-Kahtani
Ambassador of Saudi Arabia told Colombo Times on Tuesday, May 2.
The 3rd batch of evacuees included 11 Sri Lankans in Jeddah and they were received by Falah Mowlana the Consul General of Sri Lanka in Jeddah.
“ We wish to reiterate our heartfelt gratitude to the Kingdom for its generosity.
So far 31 Sri Lankans have been evacuated with the Kingdom’s assistance from Port of Sudan” he added .
