Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president, has decided not to travel to Uganda for an economic conference after he was warned he could be arrested on war crimes charges, officials in Kampala have said. The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has ordered al-Bashir's arrest on seven charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan's western Darfur region. "It's a codeword for an agreement that President Bashir delegates another senior cabinet-ranked person. That was agreed," he said.
"The government is therefore diplomatically engaging the government of the Sudan with a view to ensuring that, while the invitation to President Bashir still stands, a possible diplomatic incident is avoided." "They have two things to deal with - one is the political decision to protect Bashir and the other is the legal issue that binds the African countries," he told Al Jazeera from Arusha in Tanzania. "It comes down to how we should deal with people who have committed crimes on the continent." | ||||
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Sunday, July 19, 2009
Bashir 'avoids' Uganda meeting
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