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Egypt FM and Spy Chief Fly to Sudan as ICC Decision Looms
Posted by Sudan Tribune on Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 7:47 PM (PST)
February 7, 2009 (CAIRO) — The Egyptian government announced today that it will dispatch its foreign minister and intelligence director for talks with Sudanese officials.
 - File photo showing Israeli former Meretz chairman Yossi Beilin, right, listens to Egyptian Intelligence Minister Omar Soliman, left, and Egyptian foreign minister, Ahmed Abu el-Gheit, center (AP)
The announcement came as International Criminal Court (ICC) judges are expected to release a decision as early as next week in which they agree to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir.
Egypt’s official Middle East News Agency (MENA) quoted foreign ministry spokesperson Hussam Zaki as saying that foreign minister Ahmed Aboul-Gheit and intelligence Chief Omer Suleiman will arrive in Sudan in the coming days.
“The visit comes is in the framework of continuous consultations between Egypt and Sudan on different levels in light of the general situation in the Arab world as well as developments in Sudan” Zaki said.
Relations between Cairo and Khartoum have been strained after Al-Bashir attended an emergency Arab summit hosted by Qatar to discuss the Israeli assault on Gaza strip.
The summit was boycotted Arab heavyweights including Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Authority headed by Mahmoud Abbas.
Egypt views the summit as a gathering of more radical voices working counter to its efforts to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas movement which is in control of the Gaza strip.
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