Bahrain's crown prince was invited but decided not to attend because of unrest in his country.

VOA: special.2011.04.30

Senior State Department officials later said North Korea had been invited by Thailand to send an envoy to Phuket but had not responded.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

Given that he was officially invited by the president of Eritrea and given that Eritrea is not a state party, one could argue that there is no risk at all on President al-Bashir."

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

Given that Qatar is not a state party and that Qatar has invited the Sudanese president, and he would very likely be using his personal jet, I see no risk at all in him traveling there."

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

"It was during Zia's time that he not only overthrew the government and executed a popular elected populist President Bhutto, but he also invited the Wahabis in from the Gulf in order to counter the Shia revivalism that he feared coming in from Iran."

VOA: standard.2010.07.08