Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir arrived on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia for talks, the official SPA news agency said. Skip related conten
.Beshir, who will stay in the kingdom for several days, was met at the airport by King Abdullah and other top officials, before heading to the king’s Janadiriyah desert farm outside the capital for a banquet, SPA said.
Beshir will be discussing regional political issues and bilateral economic relations during the visit, Sudan’s ambassador Hafez Ibrahim Mohammed said in a statement ahead of his arrival.
He will also visit Medina and undertake an umrah minor pilgrimage, SPA said.
Although Beshir has faced an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for alleged war crimes in Darfur since March 4, Riyadh has made clear it will not act on the warrant