The International Criminal Court on March 4 issued an arrest warrant for the Sudanese president on the suspicion of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes in the area of Darfur in Sudan.

The court's decision to arrest the head of state who was legitimately elected with the support of the Sudanese people is arousing the deep concern of the international community as it is an unheard-of wanton encroachment upon the sovereignty of a sovereign state.

The Darfur issue is an internal issue of Sudan and it is, therefore, not a matter which allows foreign forces to interfere in it and settle it by hurting the dignity of the Sudanese people.

It is a super-state act to lord it over sovereign states and freely interfere in their internal affairs in disregard of their sovereignty. Such practice will only disturb the stability of the international relations and wreck the world peace.

The Darfur issue should be settled in a peaceful way on the principle of respecting the sovereignty of the Sudanese people.