A ship carrying 37 Pakistanis from Sudan has arrived in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah on Wednesday, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Wednesday.

“Evacuation plan for Pakistani nationals in Sudan continues. The ship carrying 37 Pakistani nationals from Port Sudan arrives in Jeddah,” it said in a tweet.

“They were received by Consulate General in Jeddah, Khalid Majid on arrival at Jeddah Port. We are grateful to Government of KSA for its support and hospitality.”

Earlier, the Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that 700 nationals have been evacuated to safety in Sudan.

“Today, another convoy carrying 211 Pakistanis dispatched from Khartoum has arrived in Port Sudan,” Bilawal said in a statement. “With the latest convoy, the total number of Pakistanis who have been evacuated to safety has reached 700.”

Pakistanis were being housed near the port before their onward journey, he tweeted earlier this week.

The ministry said around 1,500 Pakistanis were in Sudan, whose safety and security was being closely monitored.

Sporadic gunfire rang out in parts of the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Tuesday despite a US-brokered agreement between the warring sides to a ceasefire for 72 hours to pave the way for talks on a more lasting truce.

At least 427 people have been killed and more than 3,700 wounded, according to UN agencies. More than 4,000 people have fled the country in foreign-organised evacuations that began on Saturday.