CAIRO, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Secretary General of the
Arab League (AL) Amr Moussa left Cairo Sunday for Khartoum for talks on the
crisis between Sudan and the International Criminal Court (ICC), the state MENA
news agency reported.
Moussa will meet with Sudanese President Omar
al-Bashir and other senior Sudanese officials during his visit, MENA said.
His visit came after an emergency meeting of Arab
foreign ministers in Cairo on Saturday during which the ministers lashed out at
the ICC accusations against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
The meeting ended Saturday night with adoption of a
draft resolution on the current dispute. The Arab ministers stressed that the
move of the ICC would undermine Sudan's sovereignty and only Sudanese courts
have jurisdiction on this kind of issues.
Moussa said the Arab foreign ministers have agreed on
an action plan to tackle the crisis without elaborating details of the plan.
On July 14, ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo
formally requested an arrest warrant against al-Bashir for alleged war crimes
and crimes against humanity in the western Sudanese region of Darfur.
Sudan, which is not a signatory to the ICC, has
rejected the ICC allegations against President al-Bashir, dismissing them as
"null and false" and maintaining the ICC has no jurisdiction over Sudan.
On Friday, the Sudanese government also ruled out a
settlement deal with the ICC on handing over two accused Sudanese officials in
return for dropping the warrant arrest against al-Bashir.
The AL chief said Saturday that it is important to
coordinate with international organizations to settle the crisis.
DAMASCUS, July 20 (Xinhua) -- The International Criminal
Court's(ICC) move against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir amounted to a
"direct interference" in Sudan's internal affairs, a senior Sudanese diplomat
said here on Sunday.
Sudan's ambassador in Damascus Abdul Rahman Dirar
told a press conference that the ICC's chief prosecutor's decision against his
President was "a dangerous unprecedented act in international relations and a
decision of political nature", according to the official SANA news
agency. Full story
CAIRO, July 20 (Xinhua) -- A senior Sudanese official said
here his country is seeking for legal defenses to refute International Criminal
Court (ICC) chief prosecutor's call to arrest Sudanese president over alleged
war crimes, the Egyptian state MENA news agency reported on Sunday.
Sudan is consulting Arab legal experts in this
regard, Sudanese Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Salman al-Wasilla said at
a seminar in Cairo. Full story
CAIRO, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Arab foreign ministers on
Saturday lashed out at accusations made by the International Criminal Court's
(ICC) chief prosecutor against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, describing the
move as "unacceptable" and "unbalanced."
Wrapping up an emergency meeting of the Arab League
(AL) here late Saturday, the Arab foreign ministers adopted a draft resolution
on the current dispute between Sudan and the ICC. Full story
KHARTOUM, July 18 (Xinhua) -- The Sudanese government on
Friday ruled out a settlement deal with the International Criminal Court (ICC)
on handing over two accused Sudanese officials in return for dropping a warrant
arrest against President Omar al-Bashir.
"We would never surrender our minister Ahmad Harun or
any ordinary citizen. We refuse to deal with this court, and that is our strong
position," Sudanese Minister of Guidance and Waqfs Azhari Altijani told Xinhua
in the Sudanese capital. Full story
