A France-Africa summit due to be held in Egypt has been cancelled over French concerns at the invitation of Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.

原定在埃及举办的一场法国-非洲峰会因法国顾虑到邀请苏丹总统巴希尔而取消。

Bashir has visited several African countries since the warrant was issued

The announcement came after Presidents Nicolas Sarkozy of France and Hosni Mubarak of Egypt met in Paris.

The event, due in February, will now be held in France in May, diplomats¹ said.

The International Criminal Court issued a warrant正当理由，根据 for Mr Bashir's arrest in March over atrocities² in Darfur. He denies the accusations控告，指控.

The venue地点，场所 was reportedly moved to prevent the Sudanese leader from attending: France has said it would carry out the ICC国际商会 warrant for his arrest, whereas several African nations, including Egypt, have said they would not.

Mr Bashir has visited several African countries since the warrant was issued.

It accuses him of running a campaign of genocide that killed 35,000 people outright全部地, at least another 100,000 through a "slow death" and of forcing two-and-a-half million to flee their homes in Darfur.

Earlier this month, Mr Bashir pulled out of an Islamic summit in Istanbul after Turkey, which is seeking EU membership, reportedly came under pressure from Brussels to drop him from the guest list.