Parliament announces solidarity with Sudan over ICC decision

SANA'A, July 19 (Saba)- The Parliament announced on Saturday solidarity of the Yemeni people with Sudan over the recent decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The parliament highlighted official stance of Yemen's leaderships represented by President Ali Abdullah Saleh who rejected all accusation presented by the general prosecutor of the court against Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir.

The statement of the parliament said that such accusations are illegal and intervention in the internal affairs of Sudan and failing efforts of peace in the country.

The parliament called on all Islamic and Arab parliament as well as Arab league and Organization of Islamic Conference to announce their stance to reject such accusations and offer support for Sudan to face such pressure targeting stability and unity of Sudan.

It warned of sequences of such decision on the stability and security in the region.