The African Union has called on the International Criminal Court to defer the trial of the Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta.
The trial, due to start in November, is on charges of crimes against humanity.
The AU has agreed during the summit in Addis Ababa that they would back immunity for sitting leaders of African countries.
"What the summit decided is that President Kenyatta should not appear until the request we have made is actually answered," Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.