Sudan's coalition partner urges talks with ICC

Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:02pm EDT
 
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's coalition government partner said on Monday Khartoum should open the door to talks with the International Criminal Court (ICC) after it sought an arrest warrant for Sudan's president Omar Hassan al-Bashir.

Bashir's dominant National Congress Party (NCP) has rejected any such move by the ICC and refuses to cooperate with The Hague-based court which accused the president of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity on Monday.

"We should open a window of consultation, exchange of views with the ICC," the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) spokesman Yasir Arman told Reuters.

(Reporting by Opheera McDoom)

 

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