Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has announced plans to attend an Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) summit in Istanbul on Monday.
Turkey has received a request from the European Union to reconsider its decision to invite Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to a meeting of Islamic countries, a Turkish foreign ministry official said on Friday.
Bashir has announced plans to attend an Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) summit in Istanbul on Monday.
The Turkish official, who is in Paris accompanying Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu during a state visit, showed the EU request letter to Reuters, which reads: “The EU calls on Turkey to reconsider its invitation to Bashir to attend the OIC meeting.”
