Teddy row peers to meet president

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"The (Sudanese) president will meet the British delegation at the presidential palace," presidential aide Mahzoub Faidul said. "He will discuss the case and a possible pardon."

Baroness Warsi and Lord Ahmed are lobbying for the early release of Mrs Gibbons, who was jailed for 15 days by a Sudanese court on Thursday for insulting Islam after allowing her class of seven-year-olds to name a teddy bear Mohammed.

They have held a number of meetings with Sudanese Government officials, including the foreign minister in the last two days, and earlier announced they were to delay their return to Britain to hold more talks.

But they have not confirmed who those meetings will be with, or what will be discussed.

Speaking from Khartoum, Baroness Warsi: "There are number of meetings scheduled, we are not prepared to say who they are with or what will be discussed. These are very delicate times and were are trying to be as responsible and restrained as possible. We would urge everyone to do the same."

Baroness Warsi said there was no indication of how long they would now stay in Sudan.

She said that Mrs Gibbons was being kept up to date with the situation.

"We are keeping her informed and talking about her views and opinions on what she would like to do," Baroness Warsi said. "Clearly, we want to secure her early release and she wants to have her early release secured if that can be done."

Mrs Gibbons, 54, is currently being held at a secret location in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, amid fears for her safety. Thousands of protesters gathered on Friday to demand she face a harsher sentence. Since then, the the streets have remained quiet.