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Tue, 08/05/2008 - 16:57
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Mottaki asks for OIC's support for President al-Bashir
Riyadh, Aug 5, IRNA - Iran's Foreign Minister here Monday at a meeting of OIC Executive Committee asked for OIC's comprehensive support for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
Speaking at a meeting attended by Islamic countries' foreign ministers and political officials at Saudi Arabia's Jeddah port city, Manouchehr Mottaki said,"The Islamic countries need to do all they can to counter the illogical process pursued by the International Court of Justice against the legal president of an independent Islamic country."
Referring to the UN Security Council's move in referring a matter
related to the internal affairs of Sudan to the Hague Court, Mottaki
reiterated, "Merely referring such a case to such a court reveals the
fact that the Islamic World is faced with actually severe challenges
today."
Elsewhere in his address, Mottaki stressed that justice is of great
importance and punishing the criminals makes good sense, reiterating,
"Yet, in order to observe justice and punish the criminals such
important international rules as respecting the political independence of countries, their national sovereignty, and territorial integrity cannot be so easily ignored."
He continued his remarks referring to the "astonishing arrest warrant" issued by the prosecutor of the International Court of Justice against President al-Bashir, arguing, "The issuance of that warrant is hazardous to both stability of Sudan and the prestige of the Hague Court."
The Iranian top diplomat further reiterated, "Solving the Darfur
crisis would neither be possible resorting to irregular legal methods, nor through adopting double standards, as the problem can only be solved relying on comprehensive and constructive cooperation of the Islamic countries."
He pointed out that the issuance of the arrest warrant against the
Sudanese President has not led to decreasing tension in Darfur, but
has strengthened the position of the armed bandits in that region.
Mottaki referred to the documents in the text of the arrest warrant of the Hague Court, reiterating, "Taking a fleeting glance at those
documents proves that although the appearance of the warrant seem to
be legal, the text is arranged quite irregularly and based on
malevolent political motives."
He reiterated at the end, "How come the crimes committed by the
Zionists in Palestine and Lebanon and the war crimes of the Americans
in Iraq and Afghanistan are ignored amid the meaningful dead silence
of the international organs, but Sudan issue becomes a matter of
international concern, regardless of the internal affairs in that
country?"
Speaking at a meeting attended by Islamic countries' foreign ministers and political officials at Saudi Arabia's Jeddah port city, Manouchehr Mottaki said,"The Islamic countries need to do all they can to counter the illogical process pursued by the International Court of Justice against the legal president of an independent Islamic country."
Referring to the UN Security Council's move in referring a matter
related to the internal affairs of Sudan to the Hague Court, Mottaki
reiterated, "Merely referring such a case to such a court reveals the
fact that the Islamic World is faced with actually severe challenges
today."
Elsewhere in his address, Mottaki stressed that justice is of great
importance and punishing the criminals makes good sense, reiterating,
"Yet, in order to observe justice and punish the criminals such
important international rules as respecting the political independence of countries, their national sovereignty, and territorial integrity cannot be so easily ignored."
He continued his remarks referring to the "astonishing arrest warrant" issued by the prosecutor of the International Court of Justice against President al-Bashir, arguing, "The issuance of that warrant is hazardous to both stability of Sudan and the prestige of the Hague Court."
The Iranian top diplomat further reiterated, "Solving the Darfur
crisis would neither be possible resorting to irregular legal methods, nor through adopting double standards, as the problem can only be solved relying on comprehensive and constructive cooperation of the Islamic countries."
He pointed out that the issuance of the arrest warrant against the
Sudanese President has not led to decreasing tension in Darfur, but
has strengthened the position of the armed bandits in that region.
Mottaki referred to the documents in the text of the arrest warrant of the Hague Court, reiterating, "Taking a fleeting glance at those
documents proves that although the appearance of the warrant seem to
be legal, the text is arranged quite irregularly and based on
malevolent political motives."
He reiterated at the end, "How come the crimes committed by the
Zionists in Palestine and Lebanon and the war crimes of the Americans
in Iraq and Afghanistan are ignored amid the meaningful dead silence
of the international organs, but Sudan issue becomes a matter of
international concern, regardless of the internal affairs in that
country?"
