Arab League expresses solidarity with Sudan’s Omar Al Bashir in face of ICC arrest warrant

Arab League expresses concern over decision of international criminal court to arrest the Sudanese President   Mar 04, 2009

Cairo, (SANA)-Arab League Council on Wednesday expressed strong concern and annoyance over the decision of the international Criminal Court to arrest the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. The Council held an extra ordinary meeting on the level of Arab foreign Ministers to discuss the decision of the international court. It underlined full solidarity with Sudan in the face of any plot that targets its sovereignty, unity and stability and the fairness of the Sudanese judiciary, rejecting any attempt to politicize the international justice principles. The Council expressed regret that the UN Security Council was not able to use Article 16 of the International Court’s articles of association to suspend procedures taken by the Court against the Sudanese President, underlining the immunity of the Presidents according to Vienna Agreement of 1961. Syria took part in the meeting represented by its permanent envoy at the Arab League Yussef Ahmad. Mazen ———————————- Al-Masakin News Agency http://almasakinnewsagency.wordpress.com/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/Al-masakinNewsAgency http://almasakinnewsagency.wordpress.com/feed/ http://twitter.com/AlMasakin