Sun, 07 Feb 2010
Cairo (Earth Times) - Sudan's ambassador to Egypt said Sunday that adding genocide to the list of charges against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir would "undermine" peace efforts for Darfur. Last week, the International Criminal Court (ICC) decided it would consider charging al-Bashir with genocide, which it had previously excluded for a lack of evidence.
Ambassador Abdelrahman Ser el-Khitm said that the charge "would undermine Arab and African efforts towards peace in Darfur."
He made the comment after meeting with the Secretary General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, in Cairo.
The meeting was called to discuss travel arrangements for the Secretary General and several Arab ambassadors to Darfur, after the Arab League adopted a resolution for the establishment of an investment center in Sudan's southern city of Juba.
The center is set to be established on February 22.
Sudanese Vice President Ali Othman Taha's current visit to Cairo is part of the communication between the two countries and is aimed at an exchange of ideas regarding several issues related to Sudan, el-Khitm also said.
On March 4, 2009, the ICC indicted al-Bashir, 66, on five counts of crimes against humanity and two of war crimes over the conflict between his government and rebels in the region in western Sudan.
Cairo (Earth Times) - Sudan's ambassador to Egypt said Sunday that adding genocide to the list of charges against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir would "undermine" peace efforts for Darfur. Last week, the International Criminal Court (ICC) decided it would consider charging al-Bashir with genocide, which it had previously excluded for a lack of evidence.
Ambassador Abdelrahman Ser el-Khitm said that the charge "would undermine Arab and African efforts towards peace in Darfur."
He made the comment after meeting with the Secretary General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, in Cairo.
The meeting was called to discuss travel arrangements for the Secretary General and several Arab ambassadors to Darfur, after the Arab League adopted a resolution for the establishment of an investment center in Sudan's southern city of Juba.
The center is set to be established on February 22.
Sudanese Vice President Ali Othman Taha's current visit to Cairo is part of the communication between the two countries and is aimed at an exchange of ideas regarding several issues related to Sudan, el-Khitm also said.
On March 4, 2009, the ICC indicted al-Bashir, 66, on five counts of crimes against humanity and two of war crimes over the conflict between his government and rebels in the region in western Sudan.
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