Arab League chief to visit Sudan on Tuesday
December 26, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The Secretary General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa will begin a two-day visit to Sudan on Tuesday where he meet with senior officials in Khartoum and Juba.
Moussa will meet with Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir and president of South Sudan government Salva Kiir among others.
He will reportedly assure Southerners that Arab aid will not cease even if Southerners choose to create their own state in the upcoming referendum.
The semi-official Al-Ahram newspaper published in Cairo said that Moussa has scrapped plans to visit Darfur but provided no reason for that.
The visit by the Arab League Secretary General were originally scheduled for early December and it was only last week that Sudanese officials finalized arrangements for the trip. Last week, Moussa had denied cancellation of his travel plans but said that no final date was set and is pending coordination with Khartoum.
This month Wikileaks documents quoted prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo as saying to U.S. diplomats that Moussa told him that Arabs ” were frustrated with Bashir”.
Al-Bashir is hounded by two warrants issued for his arrest by the ICC against the background of the seven-year conflict in Sudan’s western region of Darfur.
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Victory
Arab League chief to visit Sudan on Tuesday
President silver kiir should avoid any unnecessery meeting with arabs in this crucial time,long live south sudan.
Bol Bol
Arab League chief to visit Sudan on Tuesday
I think it’s totally wrong to think that Kiir should avoid meeting anyone from Arab nations. In politics there is nothing wrong meeting with your adversaries as long as you don’t forgo your objectives and principles. Political leverage is use to establish your place in political arenas which in turn can be good for the well-being of your nation in long run.
Tobiin
Arab League chief to visit Sudan on Tuesday
this is a wrong idea for SPLA officials to meet the so called Moussa the very guy who downplay the prolonging conflict in Sudan for the seek of their interest. I also wonder what make the Arab league leader to involves in southern affairs? this is all rubbish.