2023 Arab League summit

The 2023 Arab League summit, officially the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Council of the League of Arab States at the Summit Level, was a meeting of heads of state and government of member states of the League of Arab States that took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 19 May 2023. All member states were represented at the meeting, including Syria, which returned after its membership was suspended in 2011.[1]

2023 Arab League Summit
Host country Saudi Arabia
DateMay 19, 2023 (2023-05-19)
MottoRenewal and reform
Venue(s)Hotel Hilton
CitiesJeddah
Participants22 countries
ChairMohammed bin Salman
Follows2022 Arab League summit
Precedes2024 Arab League summit

Background

Shortly after the conclusion of the Algiers Summit in November 2022, it was announced that the Arab League meeting at the summit level would be held in Saudi Arabia.[2] The General Secretariat declared on 26 March 2023, following discussions with Saudi Arabia, that the Arab summit will take place on 19 May.[3]

Participants

On 7 May, the Arab foreign ministers agreed to return Syria to its seat in the organization.[4] On 9 May, President Bashar Al-Assad received an invitation to attend the next summit from a Saudi envoy.[5] Surprisingly, a day before the opening of the summit, it was announced that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would be its guest and deliver a speech.[6][7]

Members
Country / OrganizationRepresented byTitleRef.
 Arab LeagueAhmed Aboul GheitSecretary-General
 AlgeriaAymen BenabderrahmanePrime Minister
 BahrainHamad bin Isa Al KhalifaKing
 ComorosKassem LotfiMinister of State
 DjiboutiIsmaïl Omar GuellehPresident
 EgyptAbdel Fattah el-SisiPresident
 IraqMohammed Shia' Al SudaniPrime Minister
 JordanAbdullah IIKing
 KuwaitMishal Al-Ahmad Al-SabahCrown Prince
 LebanonNajib MikatiPrime Minister
 LibyaMohamed al-MenfiChairman of the Presidential Council
 MauritaniaMohamed Ould GhazouaniPresident
 MoroccoMoulay RachidSpecial Representative of the King
 OmanAsa'ad bin TariqDeputy Prime Minister
 PalestineMahmoud AbbasPresident
 QatarTamim bin Hamad Al ThaniEmir
 Saudi ArabiaMohammed bin SalmanCrown Prince / Prime Minister
 SomaliaHassan Sheikh MohamudPresident
 SudanDafallah Al-HajjDeputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
 SyriaBashar al-AssadPresident
 TunisiaKais SaiedPresident
 United Arab EmiratesMansour bin Zayed Al NahyanVice President
 YemenRashad al-AlimiChairman of the Presidential Leadership Council
Guests
Country / OrganizationRepresented byTitleRef.
 African UnionMoussa FakiChair of the Commission
 Organisation of Islamic CooperationHissein Brahim TahaSecretary-General
 UkraineVolodymyr ZelenskyyPresident[8]

References
  1. Nereim, Vivian (17 May 2023). "Syria's Assad to Attend Arab League Summit After Yearslong Suspension". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  2. "Saudi Arabia to host next Arab summit: FM".
  3. "السعودية تستضيف «القمة العربية» في 19 مايو". aawsat.com.
  4. "Arab League Agrees to Readmit Syria With Conditions". VOA. 7 May 2023.
  5. "Syria's Assad receives Saudi invitation to Arab summit". RFI. 10 May 2023.
  7. Nereim, Vivian (19 May 2023). "Zelensky Urges Arab Leaders Not to 'Turn a Blind Eye' to Russian Aggression". The New York Times.
  8. "Thunderbolt: Zelensky distinguished guest of the Arab League summit". euro.dayfr.com. 18 May 2023.
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