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Egypt seeks to delay charges for Sudan President Al Bashir
The Egyptian government wants to delay formal indictment of Sudan's president by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide, state media reported on Tuesday.
- Agencies
- Published: 15:18 November 11, 2008
Cairo: The Egyptian government wants to delay formal indictment of Sudan's president by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide, state media reported on Tuesday.
Egypt has been among Sudan's strongest regional backers, and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak made a rare visit to Sudan Monday to discuss the five-year conflict in Darfur.
"Sudan is going through very difficult circumstances," Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit was quoted as saying by the state-run Mena news agency.
"We are working in two main directions: one is reconciliation and the other is to delay any charges or the court taking up this case," he said.
A prosecutor for the war crimes tribunal has recommended that an arrest warrant be issued against Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir on charges of genocide and war crimes.
Al Bashir is the first sitting head of state to face charges of genocide at the ICC. The tribunal's judges are expected to make a decision about an arrest warrant in weeks.
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