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Syria officially reinstated in Arab League

16 May 2023

A preparatory meeting was held in Jeddah ahead of the Arab League summit. It was broadcasted live by El-Ekbarriya state television channel.
Saudi Finance Minister Mohamed Al-Jaddan warmly welcomed the Syrian delegation, which included Foreign Affairs Minister Faisal Miqdad, Information (…)

Riyadh Declaration - The First Arab-China Summit

9 December 2022

"At the invitation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the leaders of the Arab member states of the Arab League and the People’s Republic of China held the first Arab-China Summit, on 9/12/2022, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with the aim of developing (…)

Arabs against Turks

6 October 2020

Turkic Council Secretary-General Baghdad Amreyev coveyed the support of the members of his organization (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Uzbekistan) to Azerbaijan.
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit has taken a stand against Turkey in the Arstakh conflict by stating:
"Turkish (…)

Communiqué of the EU Political and Security Committee and the League of Arab States Permanent Representatives

Brussels (Belgium) | 23 January 2020

The Chair and the Members of the EU Political and Security Committee and the Permanent Representatives to the League of Arab States held their eight meeting on the 23 January 2020 in Brussels.
The Ambassadors held constructive discussions on topics of mutual interest with a particular focus on (…)

Rejection of the US decision that Israeli settlements do not contravene international law

Cairo (Egypt) | 25 November 2019

Resolution 8455 adopted at the extraordinary session of the Council of the League of Arab States at the ministerial level
– At the request of the State of Palestine, which was supported by States members, the Council of the League of Arab States met at the ministerial level in an (…)

Arab League: Tunis Declaration and Declaration on the Golan

Tunis (Tunisie) | 31 March 2019

Tunis Declaration adopted by the League of Arab States at its thirtieth ordinary session at the summit level, held on 31 March 2019 in Tunis
We, the leaders of the Arab States, gathered on 31 March 2019 in Tunis at the kind invitation of the President of Tunisia, Béji Caïd Essebsi, for the (…)

The EU and the Arab League oppose the US “Deal of the Century”

28 February 2019

The Summit of Sharm-el-Sheikh took place on 24 and 25 February 2019 and brought together the European Union and the Arab League. Its final declaration very clearly expresses opposition to President Trump’s Deal “of the Century” [1].
Considering the Israeli- Arab conflict to be never ending (…)

Sharm El-Sheikh summit declaration

25 February 2019

Investing in Stability
We the Leaders of League of Arab States (LAS) and European Union (EU) member states held the first Summit on 24-25 February 2019 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, under the co-chairmanship of H.E Abdelfattah Al Sissi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, and H.E Donald (…)

France put the pressure on Egypt keep its distance from Syria

7 February 2019

The daily newspaper, Al Hayat, has cited the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Shukri as saying that the French President, Emmanuel Macron, probably put pressure on his Egyptian partner, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi.
It is likely that, due to this pressure, Egypt backed away from letting (…)

The Economic Summit of the Arab League and the case of Moussa Sadr

12 January 2019

The Economic Summit of the Arab League was due to be held in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, on 19 and 20 January. However at least two issues raise doubts whether it will go ahead:
– First, there is an intense battle between the member states of the Arab League on the convenience of the (…)

The complexities of Syria’s readmission to the Arab League

2 January 2019

The Arab League will hold its Economic Summit on 19 and 20 2019 in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.
This could be the occasion for the Syrian Arab Republic to be readmitted to the Arab League. Syria had been excluded from the Arab League because it violated its by-laws in November 2011. (…)

Arab League gets ready to admit Syria to its membership once again

2 January 2019

In Cairo the Arab League is getting ready to admit the Syrian Arab Republic once again to its membership. The latter had been excluded in 2011, in violation of the League’s own by-laws.
Syria is one of the founding members of the League. It had been excluded from it at the request of President (…)

The « Arab » Common Defence Force

by Thierry Meyssan

Damascus (Syria) | 14 May 2015

Many of the states and personalities who had taken position at the start of the Yemen war have since changed their mind. Careful to avoid automatically taking sides along the sunni/chiite split, they are calling for a cease-fire and a political solution. Behind this useless war is the project (…)

Arab League cancels indefinitely emergency meeting on Syria

10 May 2014

The Arab League has canceled sine die the emergency meeting of foreign ministers which it had convened for 12 May 2014 to examine the situation in Syria.
The meeting was scheduled at the request of Saudi Arabia who has withdrawn it following the recent liberation of Homs. French, Saudi and (…)

Summit of Arab discord in Kuwait

26 March 2014

The annual summit of the Arab League kicked off in Kuwait, with the participation of 13 heads of state out of 22.
The opening speeches revealed deep divisions that preclude any possibility of debate.
The Gulf States hinted that the dispute between Qatar three of its neighbors, Saudi Arabia, (…)

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