From: Biniam Haile \(SWE\) (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Sat Mar 27 2010 - 03:00:37 EST
Sudan stalling Arab League resolution condemning Eritrea
Saturday 27 March 2010
March 26, 2010 (WASHINGTON) - The Sudanese government has rejected a
draft resolution by the Arab League foreign ministers condemning Eritrea
for occupying parts of Djibouti prompting anger among other states at
the Libyan city of Sirte, the pan-Arab Al-Jazeera TV said.
The Doha based TV said that a large number of Arab countries slammed
Sudan for taking this position but it is not clear what the fate of this
clause in the deliberations.
The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Council of
Ministers, which included Sudan, in May last year called on the UN
Security Council (UNSC) to sanction Eritrea over its call to overthrow
the Somali government.
Furthermore, the African Union (AU) endorsed a similar resolution last
year at their summit in Libya last year.
Sudan's apparent approval of the sanctions angered Eritrean president
Isaias Afwerki earlier this year who made it clear in an interview
saying his government was "surprised" for not opposing it at the IGAD
summit.
The UN Security Council accuses Eritrea of providing funds and weapons
to Islamist insurgents in Somalia where violence has killed 21,000 since
the beginning of 2007, and last December the council slapped sanctions
on Eritrea.
The resolution supported by 13 of the 15 council members was designed to
target the nation's leadership, imposing an arms embargo as well as
asset freezes and travel bans on individuals and firms to be designated
by an existing sanctions committee.
Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir during a visit to Asmara this
month declared that his country condemned the sanctions in a move to
contain the strained relations.
Eritrea was the first foreign trip for Bashir after being charged by the
International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of "war crimes and crimes
against humanity" for his alleged role in the humanitarian crisis in
Darfur.
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article34554
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