From: Biniam Haile \(SWE\) (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Wed Jul 23 2008 - 09:21:14 EDT
Eritrea says ICC accusations against Sudan president are an "insult"
Wednesday 23 July 2008 03:30.
July 22, 2008 (ASMARA) - The Eritrean government has rejected
accusations by the prosecutor of the international Criminal Court (ICC)
against Sudanese president, Omer al-Bashir describing it as an "insult".
On Monday July 14, The ICC's prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo asked
pre-trial judges to issue arrest warrants for Sudanese president Omar
Hassan al-Bashir.
Ocampo filed 10 charges: three counts of genocide, five of crimes
against humanity and two of murder. Judges are expected to take months
to study the evidence before deciding whether to order al-Bashir's
arrest.
"This phenomenon, which can only be interpreted as an "insult", is a
manifestation of the harassment that has been accumulating." The
Eritrean foreign ministry said in a statement released today.
"As such it must be rejected and challenged." The statement added.
Speaking to the Eritrean TV, the Sudanese Ambassador to Eritrea, Salah
Mohamed al-Hassan, praised the supportive stance of Asmara government to
the Sudanese president. He further said that it comes in line with the
historical relations between the people of the two countries.
Al-Hassan further said that this move of the ICC prosecutor is designed
to undermine peace security and development in Sudan.
(ST)
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