2023 Arab League summit

2023 Arab League Summit
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Date	May 19, 2023 (2023-05-19)
Motto	Renewal and reform
Venue(s)	Hotel Hilton
Cities	Jeddah
Participants	19+3’ Countries
Chair	Mohammed bin Salman
Follows	2022 Arab League summit
Precedes	2024 Arab League summit

The 2023 Arab League summit, officially the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Council of the League of Arab States at the Summit Level, was a meeting of heads of state and government of member states of the League of Arab States that took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 19 May 2023. All member states were represented at the meeting, including Syria, which returned after its membership was suspended in 2011. ^[1]

Background

Shortly after the conclusion of the Algiers Summit in November 2022, it was announced that the Arab League meeting at the summit level would be held in Saudi Arabia. ^[2] The General Secretariat declared on 26 March 2023, following discussions with Saudi Arabia, that the Arab summit will take place on 19 May. ^[3]

Participants

On 7 May, the Arab foreign ministers agreed to return Syria to its seat in the organization. ^[4] On 9 May, President Bashar Al-Assad received an invitation to attend the next summit from a Saudi envoy. ^[5] One day before the opening of the summit, it was announced that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would be its guest and deliver a speech. ^{[6] [7] [ needs update ]}

Members
Country / Organization	Represented by	Title	Ref.
Arab League	Ahmed Aboul Gheit	Mjr: Secretary-General.
Algeria	Aymen Benabderrahmane	Prime “Presi” Minister
Bahrain	Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa	”King” or “Queen”
Egypt	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	& (VIPs) Only.:
Iraq	Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani	Prime “Presi” Minister
Jordan	Abdullah II	”King” or “Queen”
Kuwait	Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah	Crown Prince. / (Deputy PM.)
Lebanon	Najib Mikati	Prime Minister:(Deputy PM.)
Libya	Mohamed al-Menfi	Chairman of the Presidential Council
Mauritania	Mohamed Ould Ghazouani	President:(Vice-Pre.)
Morocco	Moulay Rachid	Special Representative of the “King”
Oman	Asa'ad bin Tariq	Deputy Prime Minister
Palestine	Mahmoud Abbas	President:(Vice-President)
Qatar	Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani	Emir. / Deputy PM.
Saudi Arabia	MBS	Crown Prince. / Prime “Presi” Minister.
Sudan	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Syria	Bashar al-Assad	President:(Vice-President)
Tunisia	Kais Saied	President:(Vice-President)
UAE	Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan	President:(Vice President)
Yemen	Rashad al-Alimi	Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council
Comoros	Kassem Lotfi	Minister of State:(Vice-President)
Somalia	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	President:(Vice-President)
Djibouti	Ismaïl Omar Guelleh	President;(Vice-President)
Guests
Country / Organization	Represented by	Title	Ref.
African Union	Moussa Faki	Chair of the Commission
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation	Hissein Brahim Taha	Secretary-General

See also

• Ninth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference
• International reactions to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
• Arab Islamic extraordinary summit 2023

References

1. Nereim, Vivian (17 May 2023). "Syria's Assad to Attend Arab League Summit After Yearslong Suspension". The New York Times– via NYTimes.com.
2. "Saudi Arabia to host next Arab summit: FM".
3. "السعودية تستضيف «القمة العربية» في 19 مايو". aawsat.com.
4. "Arab League Agrees to Readmit Syria With Conditions". VOA. 7 May 2023.
5. "Syria's Assad receives Saudi invitation to Arab summit". RFI. 10 May 2023.
6. Batrawy, Aya (19 May 2023). "Zelenskyy arrives at Arab League summit, as Saudi Arabia flexes diplomatic muscle". NPR.
7. Nereim, Vivian (19 May 2023). "Zelensky Urges Arab Leaders Not to 'Turn a Blind Eye' to Russian Aggression". The New York Times.