The International Criminal Court (ICC) has approached South Africa to capture Omar al-Bashir, with the Sudanese president in the nation for an African Union (AU) summit.
Mr Bashir is needed for atrocities over the contention in Darfur.
An ICC articulation said South Africa ought to "extra no exertion" in confining him.
However, rather he was invited by South African authorities on his landing in Johannesburg, SABC tweeted.
Sudan's Suna news office said he was joined by the outside pastor and other top Sudanese authorities.
There are pressures between the ICC and AU, with some on the landmass blaming the court for unjustifiably focusing on Africans.
The AU has beforehand encouraged the ICC to stop procedures against sitting pioneers.
The warrants against Mr Bashir, who denies the claims, have seriously confined his abroad travel.
He has however gone by cordial states in Africa and the Middle East.
Capture "impossible"
The ICC proclamation said South Africa ought to "regard their commitments to co-work with the court", something South Africa's News24 said was unrealistic to happen.
Human rights associations and South Africa's principle resistance gathering have likewise required his capture.
Darfur has been in clash following 2003, when revolutionaries rose up in opposition to the administration. The UN says more than 300,000 individuals have kicked the bucket, generally from infection.
The ICC has finished an examination concerning atrocities in the locale, however the warrants against Mr Bashir stay extraordinary.
The official topic of the AU summit is the "Year of Women's Empowerment and Development".
In any case, the political turmoil in Burundi, emergency in South Sudan and the late spate of xenophobic assaults are likewise liable to highlight intensely.
African Union gatherings are frequently reprimanded for abstaining from smoldering issues that influence the landmass, and the current year's summit is not anticipated that would be any diverse. Investigators say talks will be held, however result will be dubious.
The stuffed plan is required to concentrate on viciousness in Burundi, the emergency in South Sudan, Nigeria's battle against Boko Haram, and dread dangers by al-Shabab in East Africa.
South Africa ventured into host the summit ultimately in view of fear dangers in Chad.
Yet, the late xenophobic viciousness in Johannesburg and Durban have left the hosts humiliated.
Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Nigeria lashed out at President Jacob Zuma's administration for the assaults.
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