Foreign minister Zambry Abdul Kadir said according to the ministry’s assessment, the Khartoum International Airport is considered the safest point of exit.

“However, it has yet to reopen as there are clashes.

“We will bring them out via the airport once it is safe to do so,” he said, adding that aeroplanes had caught fire due to the skirmishes between Sudanese armed forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Zambry said the Malaysians were located at seven localities and reported to be safe. The locals there had helped to stock up food and medical supplies which are enough for two weeks, he added.

He did not rule out the possibility of more Malaysians being trapped in the country as the figure was based on those who had registered their names with the embassy.

The Sudanese embassy had promised to help Malaysians in the country, he added.

Zambry also said the SAF had taken over the Petronas Sudan complex by force to make it one of their bases and turned the rooftop of block B into their observation post.

Fighting between the army and paramilitary forces in Sudan has killed around 200 people and wounded 1,800 after three days of urban warfare.

A weeks-long power struggle exploded into deadly violence on Saturday between the forces of two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup. This involves Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary RSF.

Yesterday, Sudan’s rival commanders agreed to a 24-hour ceasefire following calls to each side by US secretary of state Antony Blinken following fierce fighting in Khartoum that saw shots fired at a US diplomatic convoy.