صحيفة تركية: الرئاسة التركية اقنعت البشير بعدم الحضور للقمة الإسلامية!!!

Quote: Sleeves were rolled up. It was conveyed to Sudan through special channels how much difficulty the visit would create for Turkey in terms of the EU. But Al-Bashir remained insistent on coming to Turkey. Intermediaries and businessmen became involved. The government ascribed importance to Sudan, and Sudan and Turkey did not want a diplomatic crisis between them. For this reason, the direct message "do not come" was not conveyed. This would have been diplomatic discourtesy. But certain difficulties were made known to the Sudanese leader. Sudan still remained determined. Preparations were made for the plane to land at 1830 hours. It had entered into the official protocol and the VIP programme that Al-Bashir was going to come. The Provincial Governor and the protocol directors were going to go to the airport, and Sudanese officials and businessmen were at the airport at 1700 hours. The security team was put on alert. But it became clear at about 1730 that he was not going to arrive. The message of certain businessmen that "if you come, we cannot guarantee that a prosecutor in Turkey will not issue a warrant for your arrest" was influential in Al-Bashir's changing his mind and heading back to Khartoum. Actually, since Turkey has not signed the founding agreement on the ICC, it was not obliged to implement the court's ruling. Still, there was a "grey area" that could make it possible for a prosecutor to go into action on the basis of UN resolutions, based on the claims of "genocide" and a determination of "crimes against humanity." Turkish officials, receiving contradictory messages from Khartoum, were unable to be certain regarding Al-Bashir's decision until late yesterday afternoon. But at the last minute, the Sudanese leader decided not to come. And Ankara breathed a sigh of relief.