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| Diplomatic row over detention of Sudanese Consul |
| 2015-04-10 |
| [Libya Herald] A fresh diplomatic row has broken out between Libya and Sudan, this time over the arrest and detention of Sudan's Consul-General in Libya. Abdel Hakim Omer was visiting Sudanese detainees at the prison when he was himself detained yesterday by police. He was released this evening after the Sudanese Foreign Ministry voiced its protests of what it called an "unlawful detention" that went against international laws and diplomatic conventions. In Khartoum, the Foreign Ministry summoned Libyan Ambassador to Sudan Mohammed Soula to express condemnation of the detention and to demand that Omer be released immediately. Although some in the Beida-based government denied that Omer was detained, or professed to know nothing about it, the new Libyan government spokesperson Hatem Al-Oraibi told the press that Omer was detained because he had made unauthorised visits to the military prison without going through the customary channels to receive permission. The spokesperson also said that Omer had made what the Libyan government viewed as "suspicious" visits to several other places in eastern Libya. Relations with Sudan have been strained ever since Libya Dawn ...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar... forced the Thinni government to quit Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... . Sudan was accused of providing Libya Dawn with arms and supplies, an accusation Khartoum has insistently denied. It has publicly changed its policy on Libya, stating its recognition of the House of Representatives and the Thinni government. However, a person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package... not all HoR supporters believe it. |
| Posted by:Fred |