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Beijing-China rolled out the red carpet Wednesday for a State visit of President of Sudan, who is wanted on an international warrant that accuses him of war crimes.
President Omar al-Bashir was visiting China, a major trading partner and investor in your country, just days before Southern Sudan became independent and with the international criminal court warrant hanging over his head.
Al-Bashir was greeted by President Hu Jintao at the great Hall of the people and given a guard of honour reception.
Hu said he was very happy to see al-Bashir in Beijing.
"I believe that this visit will certainly have great significance for the consolidation and development of traditionally friendly relations between China and the Sudan", said Hu. "I am willing to have in-depth exchanges with you on shared issues and our developing relations".
Al-Bashir thanked his guests for his "warm welcome and treatment".
Their talks would focus on the challenges in the African nation before the independence of southern Sudan, 9 July.
Violence has spent in areas disputed between North and South, soon-to-be-independent, and China has said it wants both sides to resolve disputes peacefully.
Declaration of the South Sudan Independence next month will be the culmination of a peace agreement in 2005 which ended more than two decades of civil war that has killed more than 2 million people.
The violence also brought charges of war crimes against al-Bashir, the first against a head of State until similar charges this week against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, who is accused of crimes against humanity for the murder of civilians who rose up against his Government.
China is not a member of the Court, based in the Hague, Netherlands and said that the charges accusing al-Bashir of orchestrating atrocities in Sudan's Darfur could cause further instability in the region.
China has important oil investments in Sudan and has long had close ties with the leaders of the North. It has support in wooing South oil producers.
Numerous agreements should be signed while al-Bashir is in Beijing. China National Petroleum Corp., which has signed a development agreement of 20 years, multibillion-dollar with the Sudan in June 2007, he signed an agreement Tuesday with the Government of the Sudan in order to enhance cooperation. A statement from the company did not give details.
Al-Bashir's arrival in China has been delayed by a day after the confusion is not yet fully explained above a flight plan.
Sudan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that led to the Sudan News Agency that al-Bashir official had been commissioned to change their route while flying over Turkmenistan but was unable to do so and instead returned to Tehran.
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