New Delhi

Sudan's Ambassador to India Mohammed Abdalla Ali Eltom said that his country is coordinating closely with Sudanese authorities and Ministry of External Affairs to secure the release of an Indian national abducted by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the war-torn Al Fashir city.

"We have been in close contact with India's Ministry of External Affairs ever since reports emerged about the Indian national who was captured.

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Even before that, during the siege of one of the Sudanese cities, the Ministry had reached out to us about another Indian citizen there, who endured very difficult conditions during those 500 days," Eltom told