When one war criminal met another

by admin
Aug 30, 2012
Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa recently made a trip to Sudan and met his counterpart, the ICC wanted Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein, Sudan’s Minister of Defence.

Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein had an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court earlier this year, for 21 counts of war crimes and 20 counts of crimes against humanity.


Photograph: Sudan's Ministry of Defence

Whilst Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence failed to publish photographs of the two meeting, Sudan meanwhile released the above photograph, praising a successful meeting.

Rajapaksa also met with other senior Sudanese military officials who according to Sri Lanka,
“expressed their desire to enhance the cooperation between Sudanese and Sri Lankan military training institutes in order to share expertise and knowledge.”
A Memorandum of Understanding was also signed between the two nations, pledging further co-operation in the field of military training.

Several arrest warrants have been issued against Sudanese officials by the ICC, including a warrant against President Omar Al-Bashir for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

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