Sudan's Bashir in Egypt despite ICC Warrant
Created: 2009-03-26 00:26 EST
Category: World > Middle East / Africa
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Sudanese President, Omar Hassan al-Bashir arrived in Cairo on Wednesday on his second trip abroad, since the International Criminal Court (ICC) indicted him on charges of war crimes in Darfur.
Bashir, who risks arrest when he leaves Sudan because of the warrant, discussed developments surrounding the ICC ruling with Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak.
Bashir is unlikely to face arrest in Egypt, which has close ties with its Sudanese neighbor. Also Egypt called on the U.N. Security Council to suspend the ICC warrant.
Mubarak met Bashir at the airport before the two headed for consultations, reported the Egyptian state news agency MENA.
International experts say at least 200,000 people have been killed and more than 2.7 million driven from their homes in almost six years of ethnic and political fighting in Darfur in western Sudan.
Sudanese President, Omar Hassan al-Bashir arrived in Cairo on Wednesday on his second trip abroad, since the International Criminal Court (ICC) indicted him on charges of war crimes in Darfur.
Bashir, who risks arrest when he leaves Sudan because of the warrant, discussed developments surrounding the ICC ruling with Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak.
Bashir is unlikely to face arrest in Egypt, which has close ties with its Sudanese neighbor. Also Egypt called on the U.N. Security Council to suspend the ICC warrant.
Mubarak met Bashir at the airport before the two headed for consultations, reported the Egyptian state news agency MENA.
International experts say at least 200,000 people have been killed and more than 2.7 million driven from their homes in almost six years of ethnic and political fighting in Darfur in western Sudan.
