Article: Turkey feeling the heat over Sudanese president's visit.

November 6, 2009 (WASHINGTON) -- The Turkish government on Friday fought to fend off mounting criticisms of its invitation to Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir for participation in the a summit of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Istanbul.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul

The Turkish foreign ministry issued a statement late on Friday saying that despite its invitation to Bashir as host of the OIC summit, a bilateral visit by him in the future "was out of question". Earlier this week, Turkish officials insisted that they have no legal obligation to arrest ...

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