Saudi Arabia on Monday said the International Criminal Court's move to indict Sudanese President Omar Hasan Al-Beshir would only aggravate matters and offer no solution to the Darfur crisis. The Council of Ministers, chaired by King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, expressed its concern over the warrant, saying it would lead nowhere and would not help solve in any way Sudan's problems. Instead, the ICC warrant would only aggravate matters, said Abdul Aziz Al-Khoja, Minister of Information and Culture, in a statement issued after the weekly Cabinet session. The minister said the Cabinet expressed full support to Sudan in confronting whatever destabilizes its sovereignty and unity. The ICC last Wednesday issued its first ever warrant for a sitting head of state for allegedly committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan's Darfur region in the remote west over the past five years. Other Arab and Muslim countries and even political analysts in Western countries have warned that the ICC action would only complicate matters and endanger a 2005 peace agreement that ended the 21-year conflict between southern and northern Sudan. Al-Khoja said the Cabinet stressed on the responsibility of all members of the international community to jointly strive to counter the impact resulting from the ICC's decision. The Cabinet called on the Security Council to bear the responsibility of maintaining peace and stability in Sudan, Al
