(Xinhua) -- Egypt and South Africa Tuesday expressed their support for a 12-month delay of indictment on Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes at the International Criminal Court (ICC), the South African Press Association reported.
"We are both making efforts to find a solution and we are trying hard," said visiting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at a joint press conference after holding talks with his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki. "The case could perhaps be postponed for about 12 months during which something could happen to decrease the tension," he was quoted as saying during his first official visit to South Africa.
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Mbeki said the indictment "does not help" efforts to move forward the peace process between north and south Sudan, nor in the Darfur region.
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