المؤتمر الوطني يتهم أمريكا بضغط الدول لمنع عبور طائرة البشير

Quote: Sudan's president was forced to postpone a trip to China by at least a day on Monday after his jet was forced to turn back over Central Asia at the outset of a visit overshadow by war crimes charges By Malcolm Moore, Shanghai 8:10PM BST 27 Jun 2011 Omar al-Bashir, who faces war crimes charges under an International Criminal Court warrant, was reported to have been refused permission to cross Turkmenistan and his flight was forced to land at Tehran. There was no official explanation for Mr Bashir's delay, which left diplomats having to cancel a planned meeting with Hu Jintao, the Chinese president and Sudan's most powerful patron. The state visit has been highly controversial, with human rights groups calling upon China to either refuse Mr Bashir entry or turn him over to the ICC to face charges of genocide in the western region of Darfur. The Chinese Foreign ministry said it had no idea why the Sudanese president had failed to arrive, when he was coming, or whether the state visit would go ahead. The decision to divert President Bashir's plane appears to have been taken at the last minute, leaving Sudan's ambassador in Beijing waiting on the tarmac for a flight that never arrived. The Sudan Tribune said that al-Bashir had decided to stop in Tehran because he was concerned his flight path would take him over countries that could force his jet to land in the Hague. In particular, his route may have taken him above Pakistan and Afghanistan and air space patrolled by the United States air force. "Sources tell me that Bashir's plan returned to Iran after takeoff because of "risky" route," said Wasil Ali, the deputy editor of the Sudan Tribune, on Twitter. In the past, Mr Bashir has cancelled a trip to Malaysia at the last minute because of fears that he would be apprehended. Officials said Mr Bashir would arrive in China on Tuesday.