Sudan’s Al-Basher Says ICC Arrest Warrant Has Been
Positive For His Nation
Sudanese News Updates
21 April 2009
Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir on Tuesday argued
that an arrest warrant against him for war crimes had
earned him more support than ever.
Beshir made his statement after meeting Ethiopian
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in Addis Ababa, on his
sixth foreign trip since the International Criminal
Court (ICC) issued its warrant on March 4. "For us,
the ICC indictment has been positive," Beshir told
reporters.
The veteran leader is accused by the Hague-based court
of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan's
western region of Darfur, where the United Nations
says six years of conflict has killed 300,000
people.
But Beshir, who has ruled over Africa's fractious
largest country for two decades, suggested the move
had enhanced his domestic and regional standing. "For
the internal front in Sudan, we have all seen how the
Sudanese people have come out in a spontaneous way to
support the president of Sudan," he said. "We have
found a very strong stance from the regional
organizations like the Arab League and the African
Union," Beshir also said.
No western representatives were at the airport for
Beshir's arrival Tuesday. A diplomat speaking on
condition of anonymity said Western ambassadors and
envoys would boycott a state dinner in Beshir's honor
after receiving instructions from their capitals not
to attend.
But Meles, whose country has often had tense relations
with Sudan, stood by his neighbor and said the ICC's
landmark decision was "totally unacceptable".
"What was done by the ICC to President Omar al-Beshir
is an initiative with great implications not only for
the people of Sudan, but also for Africans and for
Ethiopia," he said before going into talks with Beshir.
Meles condemned what he said was the
"over-politicization of the humanitarian issues and
the over-politicization of the international justice."
Beshir has dismissed the notion that the warrant could
restrict his travel. No attempt has been made to
arrest him during any of his recent trips, all to
countries - Ethiopia included - that were not
signatories to the 2002 international convention that
created the ICC.
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