Africa
You will pay for deaths, Hillary warns Bashir
A displaced Sudanese boy stands at sunset in Osha IDP'S camp in Nyala southern Darfur March 17,2009. Law and order have collapsed in Darfur where international experts say at least 200,000 people have been killed, while Khartoum says 10,000 have died. Photo/REUTERS
Posted Wednesday, March 18 2009 at 18:03
“The secretary-general condemns this attack and is deeply concerned by the increased security threats faced by UNAMID in Darfur,” Mr Ban’s spokeswoman Marie Okabe said in a statement.
“He calls on all parties to fulfil their responsibility to ensure the safety and security of UN and UN.-associated personnel in Sudan.”
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In another development, Sudan’s Foreign Ministry yesterday summoned the French Ambassador to inquire over statements attributed to the spokesman of the French Foreign ministry that Paris supports interception of President Bashir’s plane, should he travel abroad.
The French Ambassador, Mr Patrick Nicoloso, told Suna following a meeting with the undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr Mutrif Siddig, that the statement, as reported by an Arab London-based newspaper, was not true.
Responding to a question by Suna, the French ambassador explained that his country is a member of the ICC and will implement the ICC decision within the French territories.
Dr Mutrif, on his part, asked the French Ambassador that France issues a statement or reply to the newspaper which published the statements, if France wanted to distance itself from them. The French ambassador promised to do so.
Mr Al-Sadig, said in a statement to Suna that the interception of any plane was against international law and was considered a piracy that is punished by law.
Reporting by Reuters and Suna.
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