Sudan President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir defied an international arrest warrant by travelling to Libya today for talks with leader Muammar Gaddafi, Reuters quoted Libya's government as saying. The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued the warrant against Bashir this month, charging him with war crimes in Darfur in western Sudan. Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi Ali Al-Mahmoudi and top government and military officials welcomed Bashir at the airport in Sirte, Gaddafi's home town 500 km (300 miles) east of the capital Tripoli, Libyan state news agency JANA said. Bashir, flanked by a delegation including Sudan's foreign and industry ministers, met Gaddafi over lunch and thanked the veteran Libyan leader for his staunch support, it said. The two leaders discussed ways to address the humanitarian situation in Darfur and Sudan's relations with Chad, while Gaddafi "stressed his rejection of the decisions of the so-called "criminal court"", it said.
