The Arab Summit, hosted by Algeria, kicks off this evening, after the foreign ministers finalized the draft statement of the "Algeria Declaration", under the slogan "Uniting" after a 3-year hiatus, during which divisions over several regional files continued.
Algeria prepared to host the Arab summit by tightening security measures, raising the flags of countries, and displaying the historical monuments of the participating countries.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said - in an interview with Qatar News Agency - that the Arab summit in Algeria will represent a new start to activate and strengthen joint Arab action as the Arab peoples aspire to it.
Tebboune stressed that Algeria is making unremitting efforts to make the 31st Arab Summit an opportunity to re-spread the spirit of solidarity and rearrange the Arab House.
The summit will be held on the first and second of November under the slogan "Reunion". The official representation at the Algiers summit will witness the confirmation of the presence of two-thirds of the Arab leaders, in addition to a low representation of five other countries, with the continued freeze of Syria's seat.
According to Anadolu Agency's monitoring of data issued by the countries of the Arab League, the Emir of Qatar and the presidents of Egypt, Palestine, Mauritania, Iraq, Tunisia, Comoros, Somalia and Djibouti will participate in the summit.
The heads of the presidential councils in Sudan, Yemen and Libya will also participate, as well as the Vice President of the Emirates and the Crown Prince of Kuwait and Jordan.
At a low level between a prime minister, a deputy prime minister, a representative of the president, the king, or a minister, the representation comes from Saudi Arabia, Morocco, the Sultanate of Oman, Bahrain and Lebanon.
Syria's seat in the Arab summit continues to be frozen due to the Arab League's decision in November 2011 to suspend its membership due to President Bashar al-Assad's regime adopting the military option to suppress popular protests that erupted in March of the same year to demand a peaceful transfer of power.
Yesterday, Monday, the Arab foreign ministers held a closed consultative session to put the final touches on the draft statement of the "Algeria Declaration".
It is expected that the announcement will be presented at the Arab summit, which begins at the level of leaders this evening, Tuesday.
The League of Arab States, which includes 22 countries, held its last summit in March 2019 in Tunisia before the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic.