Sudanese leader meets with US diplomat after snub

Aug 29, 2006 (UNITED NATIONS) — Sudan’s president met with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer in the capital Khartoum on Tuesday after failing to secure a meeting with him a day earlier, John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said.

Frazer went to Khartoum at the weekend to deliver a strong message to Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir that he must accept U.N. peacekeeping troops in the war-torn western Darfur region. She extended her stay on Monday after she was unable to meet with him.

“My understanding is he (Bashir) was maybe too busy yesterday but he did meet with her this morning,” Bolton told reporters at U.N. headquarters in New York. “I know that she saw President Bashir.”

He said he had no details of what was said during the meeting, however

(Reuters)