An evacuee waves a Chinese flag while passing through the security check area at Port Sudan on Wednesday. Two Chinese naval vessels, which evacuated 678 people from conflict-hit Sudan, arrived at Jeddah Islamic Port in Saudi Arabia on Thursday morning. (WU KANGCI / FOR CHINA DAILY)

BEIJING - The Chinese military has completed the mission of evacuating Chinese from Sudan, a spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense said Saturday.

Spokesperson Tan Kefei said 940 Chinese citizens and 231 foreigners were carried by Chinese naval vessels out of Sudan to the Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah in two evacuation operations from Wednesday to Saturday.

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Tan said the Chinese military is always the guardian of the people and a strong force to safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests, and to serve the building of a community with a shared future for humanity.