Sudan summons Dutch envoy over PM statements on Bashir
September 29, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese ministry of Foreign Affairs today summoned the Dutch Ambassador to express the government outrage over the statements made by the prime minister of Netherlands Jan Peter Balkenende at the UN General Assembly meetings that took place this month in New York.
Bashir who is wanted by the ICC for genocide and war crimes managed to travel without issues to Kenya and Chad despite both states having a legal obligation to arrest the Sudanese leader as members of the Hague tribunal. The two countries cited the African Union (AU) decision barring Bashir’s arrest on the continent.
Sudan official news agency (SUNA) quoted the head of Europe bureau at the Sudanese foreign ministry Philemon Majak as saying that his ministry has submitted “a sharp-worded diplomatic protest to the Netherlands government against these statements, describing the statements given by the Dutch Prime Minister as unacceptable and affirmed the Netherlands stance which aims to pollicisation of the mechanism of the international justice and targeting the African countries”.
He said that the Netherlands, with these statements, “reflected it stand against the will of the African Union, the Arab League and all the justice-loving people who clearly rejected the false ICC allegations against Sudan and its leadership”.
Vice President Ali Osman Taha told the UN General Assembly this week that ICC involvement in Sudan should be scrapped.
“The involvement of the ICC is a threat to the peaceful settlement expected by the country” in Darfur and other regions threatened by conflict.
He called the case “crude political intervention” intended to be “a tool to break the will of people” of Sudan.
“We completely reject this intervention which has no place in international law, logic or policy.” Taha praised African nations which have allowed Bashir to travel to their countries for international meetings.
He called on the UN Security Council “to withdraw the file completely from the ICC” and let it be handled by Sudan.
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telfajbago
Sudan summons Dutch envoy over PM statements on Bashir
The freely moving of the thuggish, fugitive Al-Bashir despite the arrest warrant against him gives a very bad signal to the regime that they can do every thing and get a way with it. And I believe that, this is the reason why the Islamic jihadist of Khartoum is mobilizing troops and militias today more than before, accelerating with the genocide in Darfur unabated, while preparing themselves to the big war with the South. Without implementing justice first, it would be next to impossible to see any peace and stability in Sudan.
Angelo Achuil
Sudan summons Dutch envoy over PM statements on Bashir
Question to Taha:
How can a man (Bashire) who took power by coup be tried in the same country he’s ruling? Who will do it?
His regime had killed hundred of thousands in all corners of the country – peace will only comes when he’s brought to justice. He is honored to have arrest warrant awaiting trial, his victims usually don’t get that chance.
kulea
Sudan summons Dutch envoy over PM statements on Bashir
I don’t think so the World community and ICC weren’t very stupid to allowing the former terrorism a second man of Biladen also Osman Taha himself is the tool drilling of those Wars crime and genocide in Darfur and not even Darfur a lone how could the criminal will be released to move around, which means UN allowed genocide over Sudan for me no way this is the Arabia tactical the step how to delay the Referendum of Southern Sudan this is unacceptable complain
no buddy would accepted the unofficiall complain about the Criminal President Bashir to be released from on going Icc term to arrest him,Taha himself is a criminal is one who operated all the wars crime