The 32nd Arab League summit will kick off on Friday afternoon in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which will discuss several major issues, including the Palestinian issue and the Sudanese crisis, in addition to economic files within the framework of the Arab League's development plans.
A number of Arab heads of state arrived yesterday, including Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Tunisian President Kais Saied, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ahmed Ghazouani.
This is Bashar al-Assad's first participation in an Arab summit since the Sirte summit in Libya in 2010, before the outbreak of the Syrian revolution in 2011, and then the suspension of his country's membership in the Arab League in the same year.
On May 12, the Arab League announced the end of the 2011-year freeze on Damascus' seat against the backdrop of a military crackdown on popular protests that erupted in <> to demand a peaceful transfer of power.
Also arriving were Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Deputy Prime Minister and head of Oman's delegation Asaad bin Tariq, Libyan Presidential Council Chairman Mohammed Younis al-Manfi, and Yemeni Leadership Council Chairman Rashad al-Alimi.
The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, left this morning for Saudi Arabia to head his country's delegation, and will be accompanied by Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani and an official delegation.
Kuwait's crown prince and Jordan's king will head their countries' delegations, the Kuwaiti and Jordanian news agencies reported.
In Algeria, a tweet on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that President Abdelmadjid Tebboune assigned Prime Minister Ayman bin Abdul Rahman to represent him at the Arab summit, and the Emirates News Agency announced that Vice President Mansour bin Zayed will head the UAE delegation to the Arab summit held in Jeddah.
The official Sudanese News Agency reported on Thursday that Ambassador Dafallah Haj Ali, the envoy of the head of the Transitional Sovereignty Council and army commander Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, will lead the Sudanese delegation to the Arab summit.
Sudan has been witnessing armed clashes for a month between Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by Mohamed Hamdan Daglo (Hemedti), due to differences between the two sides, most notably related to the integration of the latter forces into the army structure.