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Concern as Sudan leader wanted for war crimes plans Saudi trip alongside Trump
Source: The Guardian
Concern as Sudan leader wanted for war crimes plans Saudi trip alongside Trump
US protests attendance of Omar al-Bashir, a wanted fugitive
of the International Criminal Court, at a meeting in Saudi Arabia
where Trump will be
Julian Borger in Washington
Wednesday 17 May 2017 22.44 BST
The US has protested against plans by the Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC), to attend a summit in Riyadh this weekend alongside Donald Trump.
“I can confirm President Bashir will go ... to Saudi Arabia,” Sudan’s foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour told reporters in Geneva on Wednesday, according to Agence France Presse. “We look forward (to) normalisation of our relations with the US.”
Riyadh will be the venue for a summit of Islamic leaders on Sunday which will be part of Trump’s Middle East tour. But the announcement came as a surprise to the White House.
“My understanding was that he would NOT be at the meeting with the president,” Michael Anton, the spokesman for the National Security Council, said in an email. Anton said it was possible that Bashir could be going to Saudi Arabia but not attending the summit.
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US protests attendance of Omar al-Bashir, a wanted fugitive
of the International Criminal Court, at a meeting in Saudi Arabia
where Trump will be
Julian Borger in Washington
Wednesday 17 May 2017 22.44 BST
The US has protested against plans by the Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC), to attend a summit in Riyadh this weekend alongside Donald Trump.
“I can confirm President Bashir will go ... to Saudi Arabia,” Sudan’s foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour told reporters in Geneva on Wednesday, according to Agence France Presse. “We look forward (to) normalisation of our relations with the US.”
Riyadh will be the venue for a summit of Islamic leaders on Sunday which will be part of Trump’s Middle East tour. But the announcement came as a surprise to the White House.
“My understanding was that he would NOT be at the meeting with the president,” Michael Anton, the spokesman for the National Security Council, said in an email. Anton said it was possible that Bashir could be going to Saudi Arabia but not attending the summit.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/17/donald-trump-saudi-arabia-sudan-omar-al-bashir
