1990 Arab League summit (Baghdad)

The 1990 Arab summit, officially Emergency Arab Summit Conference, was an extraordinary summit that includes the leaders of the member states of the Arab League, hosted by the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, between May 28 and 30, 1990.[1] It was held about two months before Iraq invaded Kuwait. It was called for by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, but Syria and Lebanon were absent.[2] The conferees warned of the wave of Jewish immigration from the Soviet Union, which was on the verge of disintegration, and considered it a threat to Arab national security and the rights of the Palestinians.[1][3]

Arab League summit
Host countryIraq
Date28–30 May
CitiesBaghdad
Participants19
ChairPresident Saddam Hussein
Follows1989
Precedes1990 (Cairo)

Participants

CountryRepresented byTitle
 BahrainIsa bin Salman Al KhalifaEmir
 IraqSaddam HusseinPresident
 KuwaitJaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Emir
 LibyaMuammar GaddafiBrotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution
 MauritaniaMaaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed TayaPresident
 PalestineYassir ArafatPresident
 QatarKhalifa bin Hamad Al ThaniEmir
 Saudi ArabiaFahd bin Abdulaziz Al SaudKing
 United Arab EmiratesZayed bin Sultan Al NahyanPresident
 YemenAli Abdullah SalehPresident

References

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