|
|
 Re: الصين: البشير سيصل الثالثة والنصف صباح الثلاثاء (بعد ستة ساعات) (Re: Hani Arabi Mohamed)
|
متابعة على وسائل الإعلام
التلغراف
طائرة الرئيس السوداني البشير تضيع في طريقها إلى الصين
Sudan’s al-Bashir goes missing on way to China
The president of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, failed to arrive on schedule for a four-day state visit to China, instead diverting his jet to Iran.
1:56PM BST 27 Jun 2011
There was no official explanation for al-Bashir’s delay, which left diplomats having to cancel a planned meeting with Hu Jintao, the Chinese president and Sudan’s most powerful patron.
The state visit has been highly controversial, with human rights groups calling upon China to either refuse al-Bashir entry or turn him over to the International Criminal Court in the Hague, which has issued an international arrest warrant for him to face charges of genocide in the western region of Darfur.
The Chinese Foreign ministry said it had no idea why the Sudanese president had failed to arrive, when he was coming, or whether the state visit would go ahead.
The decision to divert al-Bashir’s plane appears to have been taken at the last minute, leaving Sudan’s ambassador in Beijing waiting on the tarmac for a flight that never arrived.
The Sudan Tribune said that al-Bashir had decided to stop in Tehran because he was concerned his flight path would take him over countries that could force his jet to land in the Hague. In particular, his route may have taken him above Pakistan and Afghanistan and air space patrolled by the United States air force.
“Sources tell me that Bashir’s plan returned to Iran after takeoff because of “risky” route,” said Wasil Ali, the deputy editor of the Sudan Tribune, on Twitter.
In the past, Mr al-Bashir has cancelled a trip to Malaysia at the last minute because of fears that he would be apprehended.
It had appeared that the US had given its blessing to the state visit, calling on China to use the event to press al-Bashir on implementing the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Sudan.
The Chinese Foreign ministry said the visit, which comes ahead of next month’s split of South Sudan from the North, would involve discussions on “the North-South peace process and Darfur issue.” A spokesman added: “China wold like to play a positive role in promoting Sudan’s peace and reconciliation”.
Later on Monday, authorities in Tehran confirmed that al-Bashir’s plane had taken off from Tehran, and it appeared that he was making his way towards the Chinese capital. The trip would be the first that al-Bashir has made to China since the International Criminal Court issued its warrant against him. China is not a signatory of the Rome Statute.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afr...on-way-to-China.html
|
|
  
|
|
|
|
Elbagir Osman
فيس بوك
تويتر
انستقرام
يوتيوب
بنتيريست