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July 11, 2018 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese foreign ministry on Wednesday summoned the European Union ambassador to Khartoum, Jean-Michel Dumond, to express its dissatisfaction with a statement issued by the Council of the European Union, criticizing Uganda and Djibouti for not arresting President Omer al-Bashir.

Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir

Al-Bashir was in Djibouti on 5 July to take part in the inauguration of a regional trade zone together with the Ethiopian prime minister and Djiboutian president. After what he travelled to Entebbe on 7 July for a meeting on South Sudan peace with Presidents Yoweri Museveni and Slava Kiir and SPLM-IO leader Riek Machar.

"Khartoum rejects the pressure on African countries to respond to the International Criminal Court (ICC)'s allegations on Sudan," Foreign Ministry Under-Secretary Abdel-Ghani Al-Nai'm told Dumond, according to a statement issued by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Garib Allah Khidir.

Al-Naim said Bashir was exercising his sovereign duties, including foreign visits, according to his constitutional duties and in accordance with international law. He was referring here to his political immunity as head of state preventing his arrest.

Sudan which is not a state party "does not accept to be subject to any action or conduct based on the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court," further said the foreign ministry spokesperson.

The ICC issued two arrest warrants against Bashir in 2009 and 2010 for alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed in Darfur.

After what the statement said the Sudanese diplomat told the EU envoy that President al-Bashir is mandated by the IGAD head of states and governments to conduct "a noble mission to bring peace in South Sudan, which will positively impact the regional peace and security."

"The European Union should have issued a statement to support Sudan's efforts in this regard instead of this rejected statement," added the statement.

Also, he praised Sudan's cooperation under the leadership of Al-Bashir with the European Union and the international community in general to address international issues of mutual interest, including combating terrorism, illegal immigration, human trafficking and organized crime, as well as receiving millions of refugees.

The European Union spokesperson in his statement said the 28-country union “remains a strong supporter of the ICC and is committed to enforcing (the) international criminal law and to ending impunity”.

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July 11, 2018 (KHARTOUM) - Libya's Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency (AIIA) on Wednesday said the Sudanese embassy in Tripoli has issued temporary travel documents to repatriate dozens of illegal migrants.

According to the AIIA, Sudan's Ambassador to Libya last Thursday visited its headquarters to check on the conditions of the Sudanese illegal migrants.

It pointed out that the AIIA in coordination with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) would transfer the illegal migrants via Maitika International Airport.

Last week, the AIIA in Kufra said it has deported 56 Sudanese illegal migrants to their country via the border crossing between Kufra and Sudan.

Following the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's 40-year-rule in 2011, Libya has slid into chaos and has become the most important transit country for illegal migrants to Europe.

In May 2016, Khartoum proposed to establish a joint force to monitor the common borders between Sudan and Libya to curb the movement of Darfur rebels and fight against illegal migration and terror groups.

The UN migration agency (IOM) in April 2017 said it had received reports about the existence of slave markets in Libya where West African migrants are being bought and sold openly.

Also, the CNN which investigated the reports broadcasted footage of a live auction where black youths are sold to North African buyers. The reported filmed by the journalists of the international news channel showed that the migrants are sold for $400.

Sudan is considered as a country of origin and transit for the illegal migration and human trafficking. Thousands of people from Eritrea and Ethiopia are monthly crossing the border into the Sudanese territories on their way to Europe through Libya or Egypt.

The East African nation has also forged a strategic partnership with several European countries and the EU to combat illegal migration and human trafficking.

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