1990 Arab League summit (Baghdad)

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Arab League Summit
Host country Iraq
Date28–30 May
Cities Baghdad
Participants19
Chair President Saddam Hussein
Follows1989
Precedes 1990 (Cairo)

The 1990 Arab summit, officially Emergency Arab Summit Conference, was an extraordinary summit that includes the leaders of the member states of the Arab League, hosted by the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, between May 28 and 30, 1990. [1] [2]

It was held about two months before Iraq invaded Kuwait. It was called for by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, but Syria and Lebanon were absent. [3] The conferees warned of the wave of Jewish immigration from the Soviet Union, which was on the verge of disintegration, and considered it a threat to Arab national security and the rights of the Palestinians. [1] [4]

Participants

CountryRepresented byTitle
Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg Bahrain Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa Emir
Flag of Iraq (1963-1991); Flag of Syria (1963-1972).svg Iraq Saddam Hussein President
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Emir
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya Muammar Gaddafi Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution
Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya President
Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine Yassir Arafat President
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani Emir
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan President
Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh President

References

  1. 1 2 Irfani, Suroosh (1990). "The Baghdad Summit". Strategic Studies. 13 (3): 7–10. JSTOR   45182009.
  2. Irfani, Suroosh (1990). "The Baghdad Summit". Strategic Studies. 13 (3): 7–10. ISSN   1029-0990. JSTOR   45182009.
  3. "القمم العربية من أنشاص إلى الدوحة (تسلسل زمني)". www.aa.com.tr.
  4. "Mideast situation – Emergency Arab Summit final statement – Letter from Iraq". Question of Palestine. Retrieved 2023-10-30.