President Omar Bashir arrived yesterday in Qatar, after visiting Egypt, Eritrea and Libya in the next few weeks, since the International Criminal Court (ICC) that a warrant for his arrest, and accused him of planning for war crimes in Darfur.
Qatar, which is an important U.S. military base, said last week, without any pressure, but did not receive Al-Bashir reiterated the invitation to join.
Bashir presence is an affront to the summit of the 22-member Arab League, but is expected to support it.
In the Sudanese capital Khartoum, an officer who performs a risk of Bashir arrested during the trip. "No power on earth, so that when the president travels. If you are flying in France, might try to understand it, but none of them will not come all this for him," said Ali Ahmed Yousef, chief of protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sudan .
Guardians of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah is the leader of the Kingdom delegation to the summit. King, who came here at night, talks with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani in the conference program.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who flew to the capital of Qatar, to attend the summit despite the presence of Bashir, said the UN official.
"Sudan is a member of the United Nations, the International Criminal Court is an independent court that does not prevent the United Nations to deal with Sudan," said the official.
At a meeting in Doha, it was planned that the Arab League, which is too close to a big gap in how they react to Israel in the 22-day strike in the Gaza Strip ruled by Hamas, and in the middle of the growing influence of Iran in the region.
The Prime Minister of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani requires the Minister for Foreign Affairs, met before the summit in a struggle for a united front to express solidarity with the Sudan. "We need to perform their duties and work in unity," he said.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is far from the tip. Egypt, as represented by his legal representatives, as well as Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Mufid Shehab.
Arab Ministers of Foreign Affairs on Saturday, the draft declaration, in which the abolition of the ICC against Bashir and called on Arab states to abandon an arrest warrant.