President Bashir to Attend UN General Assembly in New York, USA.

Sudanese president confirms US travel plan: Omar al-Bashir says he will travel to UN General Assembly in New York despite being wanted for genocide by ICC

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has surprised United States officials by announcing that he plans to attend this week’s UN General Assembly in New York. The US has led calls for Bashir to face international justice over bloodshed in the now decade-old conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region, and a senior State Department official said last week that Bashir would “not receive a warm welcome” if he travelled to New York. At a news conference on Sunday, Bashir did not say whether the US had granted him a visa yet, but did say he had made preparations to fly to New York via Morocco.