Report: Sudan Summons US Diplomat for Visa Protest Sudanese media are reporting that the Foreign Ministry has summoned the U.S. charge d'affaires in Khartoum to protest Washington's failure to grant a visa to the country's president, who faces war crimes charges. President Omar al-Bashir requested the visa to attend the U.N. General Assembly in New York. The charges are linked to the bloody conflict in the Darfur region. The semi-official Sudan Media Center on Saturday quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Abu Bakr Al-Sadek as saying that the U.S. refusal was a "blatant violation of its commitments as a host country" of the U.N. Washington has made it clear it doesn't want al-Bashir in New York. A U.S. official said Friday the visa application was still pending. Sudan current faces major protests against al-Bashir's rule.