On Tuesday evening, at the International Conference Center in Algiers, the work of the opening session of the Arab Summit in its 31st regular session was concluded under the chairmanship of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

The summit was attended by Arab leaders and leaders, and representatives of regional and international organizations participated in it, under the slogan "Uniting" after a 3-year hiatus, during which divisions over several regional files continued.

The official representation at the summit witnessed about two-thirds of the Arab leaders, along with a low representation of 5 other countries, with the continued freezing of Syria's seat.

The participants from the Arab leaders and leaders discussed the "Algeria Declaration" document, which the Arab foreign ministers agreed on in their meetings over a period of 3 days.

The Palestinian issue tops the most important items of the document and the summit agenda. The document also includes items on Arab security and crises in 6 Arab countries that suffer from instability.

During the opening session, President Tebboune received the presidency of the 31st session of the Council of the League of Arab States at the summit level from his Tunisian counterpart, Kais Saied, according to the Algerian News Agency.

In his speech at the opening session, the Tunisian president said that he is handing over the secretariat of the Arab presidency to Algeria after 3 years, which were exceptional by all standards.

He added that Arab leaders are required to come up with practical decisions and define projects and programs to achieve self-sufficiency and achieve Arab food security.

Said also said that the slogan of the Arab Summit in Algeria, "reunification", sums up the feeling we live in of the necessity of transcending the causes that led to our current conditions.

He added that we can overcome the causes of division and move forward towards a better future for our Arab nation and even the world, and work to agree together on solidarity and solidarity.

For his part, the Algerian president stressed, in his speech after Algeria assumed the presidency of the Arab summit, that the Arab summit, which Algeria is hosting, "is being held in highly complex and sensitive regional and international circumstances, characterized in particular by the escalation of tensions and crises."

Tebboune called for building an economic bloc that preserves common interests, and said that, in view of the inability of the United Nations to impose a two-state solution, the Arab countries should redouble efforts and support the Palestinians and adhere to the Arab Peace Initiative as the only solution to the Palestinian issue.

The Algerian president also called for an extraordinary general assembly of the United Nations to grant the State of Palestine full membership in the international organization.

Tunisian President Kais Saied (right) and Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit (French)

Secretary General of the Arab League

In his turn, the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, stressed in his speech the centrality of the Palestinian cause and that the Palestinian right does not fall under the statute of limitations.

In his speech, the Secretary-General called for settling the "crisis" situation in Syria, closing the page of the past with its pain, and seeking a new situation that would allow Damascus to re-engage in the League.

Aboul Gheit said that "developments in Syria still require a pioneering and proactive Arab effort that puts the Arab footprint on the map of settling the crisis situation in this important Arab country."

As for the Iraqi President, Abdul Latif Rashid, he called on Arab leaders to resolve their differences through dialogue and consultation, and stressed in an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera that he would focus at the summit on supporting the Palestinian cause as a just cause.

Secretary-General of the United Nations

In his speech during the summit, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed that the position of the international organization on the issue of Palestine is "clear", which is the need for peace to advance and the Israeli occupation to end.

Guterres said, "Let me start with the continuing suffering in Palestine. The position of the United Nations is clear in this regard: peace must advance and the occupation must end."

He added, "Our common goal remains the establishment of two states living side by side in peace and security, and that Jerusalem will be the capital of both states."

The summit will resume on Wednesday.