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Al Jazeera English - Africa - Sudan condemns Bashir arrest plans

Al Jazeera English - Africa - Sudan condemns Bashir arrest plans


Khartoum has condemned as "criminal" plans by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to seek the arrest of Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president, for alleged crimes in the Darfur region.

The US state department confirmed on Friday that a prosecutor at the court in The Hague would apply for a warrant on genocide and crimes against humanity charges.

"If you indict the head of state, the symbol of authority, the symbol of the dignity of the country, then it is is a serious issue for us," Abdelhaleem Abdelmahmoud, Sudan's ambassador to the United Nations, told Al Jazeera.

"We condemn this criminal move by the prosector-general. It is very disastrous to the peace process, and to the efforts between the United Nations and Sudan to deal peacefully with the problem in Darfur.

"It is a very destabilising move," he said.

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