Omar al-Bashir gets warm reception at pan-Islamic meeting about Jerusalem
Istanbul — Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted on charges of genocide and war crimes, attended an emergency summit of the world’s main pan-Islamic group in Istanbul on Wednesday. Bashir was among leaders who responded to a call by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend the meeting after US President Donald Trump outraged the Islamic world with his recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Erdogan urged the world to recognise occupied East Jerusalem as the "capital of Palestine", while Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas warned there could be no peace in the Middle East until such a step was made. Images showed Bashir warmly greeted by Erdogan and then attending the family photo and summit plenary session in traditional dress. Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to stand trial for war crimes. His attendance of an African Union summit in SA in 2015 drew criticism as SA was a signatory to the Rome Statute that established the ICC, obl...
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