Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan confirmed that the presence of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for the Arab summit was at the invitation of Riyadh. Al-Farhan stressed the keenness of Arab countries to be "positive neutral" towards the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, adding that there is no solution to this crisis except through dialogue.

The Saudi foreign minister added that Sudanese talks were still underway in Jeddah and that it was too early to talk about a solution.