It was gathered from Amsterdam in Netherlands that the International Criminal Court has called on the United States of America to arrest Sudanese President, Oman al-Bashir, if he attends U.N General Assembly in New York next week.

The ICC wishes to arrest the Sudanese leader for allegedly mastermind the war crimes in Darfur.

Sudanese officials had earlier in the week, declared that it had applied for a U.S visa for President Bashir.

Washington has led calls for Bashir to face international justice over the bloodshed in the now decade-old conflict in the western region of Darfur and has transferred suspects to the ICC before.

The ICC said it had reminded Washington of two outstanding warrants for Bashir's arrest dating from 2009 and 2010 for alleged genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Sudan dismisses the ICC charges, says reports of mass killings in Darfur have been exaggerated, and refuses to recognize the court which it says is part of a Western plot against it