Sudan urges France to review its colonial policy
December 16, 2009 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan has welcomed Egypt rejection to organize France Africa summit without inviting President Omer Al-Bashir calling on Paris to change its colonial policy.
Paris showed its understanding to the Egyptian position to not transgress the African and Arab support to President Al-Bashir, saying it would organize this biennial meeting in France. European Union (EU) rules prohibit its members from engaging into contacts with an individual indicted by the ICC.
Welcoming the Egyptian decision to host the summit without President Al-Bashir who is wanted by the war crimes court in The Hague since last March, the Sudanese foreign ministry said “the stance of Egypt in this regard complies with the African and Arab positions” against the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Foreign ministry spokesperson Muawiya Osman Khalid condemned on Wednesday the “French irrational attitudes that throw rocks hinders the path of peaceful settlement in Darfur”. He also warned its negative impact would be extended to “Francophonie belt” in central and western Africa.
Khalid added that “France should realize that there are new partnerships in Africa, such as China, Africa, Russia, Africa, Latin America and Africa, which are far from all the colonial effects and promise to cause a genuine revival in Africa.”
President Mubarak and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy agreed this Monday in a meeting held in Paris to move the summit venue to France after their failure to reach an agreement on Bashir presence at the summit.
Paris proposed a compromise in which the summit would be split in two parts, first at the ministerial level, focused on discussing economic issues with the absence of French officials, followed by a meeting of heads of state to which the Sudanese president would not be invited.
But Egypt has rejected the proposal pushing the disagreement to the meeting between Sarkozy and Mubarak which took place in Paris today.
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Samson Shawel Ambaye
Sudan urges France to review its colonial policy
God be with France.
If the new partnerships in Africa, such as China, Africa, Russia, Africa, Latin America and Africa is to protect genocide criminals why Bashir couldn’t travel to Venzuela and to Turkey? Both countries are not European countries.
babadit
Sudan urges France to review its colonial policy
Bravo France,you have the heart to called the spade spade
God will bless you country for thinking for Sudan.
President Bashir must handover himself to ICC before National Election 2009
Thyinka
Sudan urges France to review its colonial policy
France urges Sudan to review its policy of oppression of the Sudanese people because sooner or later this oppress will go like the Apartheid regime of South Africa and all the Sudanese will be free from oppression forever.
Time1
Sudan urges France to review its colonial policy
Africans should reject any Colonial attitude and policies from European countries towards them, be it France or any other, countries have to work on respect and equal standing. however Omer bashir has to be accountable for his crimes and go to ICC, true war crimes have happen in Darfur.
gaidit
Sudan urges France to review its colonial policy
FRANCE PRESIDENT BRAVO TO YOU .I HOPE YOU WILL TAKE SERIOUS ACTION AGAINST BASHIR AND FORGET ABOUT MUBARAK THEY ARE ALL ARAB WHO DON’T WANT BLACK AFRICAN TO BE IN SUDAN . BRAVO BRAVO LET BASHIR STAY AT HOME LIKE WATCHMAN AND NOT PARTICIPATED IN AFRICAN AFFAIRS IN ABROAD I HATE THIS PRESIDENT TO BE ONE OF MY COUNTRY .