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The Arab Summit Conference constitutes an important political station throughout history, awaited by observers to follow its outputs and premises that determine the political and economic features of the next stage in the Arab and regional arena.

Hours before the 32nd Arab Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which this year is witnessing a distinguished event entitled the resumption of Syria's participation in the meetings of the Arab League, the media, politicians and observers are preparing to monitor and report this event.

Arab Summit. Information & Dates

The establishment of the Arab League was linked to the idea of establishing an Arab entity that would defend the independence, security and safety of Arab states from any aggression or threat.

The Arab League is the oldest regional organization in the world to be established after the First World War.

The first summit of the meeting of the Council of the Arab League, which includes presidents, kings and princes of Arab countries, dates back to 1946 at the Anshas Palace in Egypt, attended by the seven founding countries of the Arab League, namely: Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iraq, and Lebanon, and its main focus was to stop the aggression against Palestine and call for the liberation of Arab countries from colonialism, but observers considered that this summit is classified among the emergency summits.

In 1944, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan signed the Alexandria Protocol containing principles for the establishment of the Organization of the Gathering of Independent Arab States, and on the third of January 1945, Saudi Arabia signed the protocol, followed by Yemen on the fifth of February 1945.

The first ordinary Arab summit was on January 13, 1964 in Cairo, and was called by former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser.

- The preparations for the summit take place amid official receptions and protocols, with great interest in organizing, and attendance is at a high economic and diplomatic level in the preparatory days preceding the start of the summit, which is held with the participation of kings, presidents and leaders of Arab countries.

In 2000, the summit was held annually in one of the Arab capitals in alphabetical order.

The most important and prominent decisions issued by the Arab summits

The 1967 summit in Khartoum, Sudan: The summit is called the "Three No's", held after the "setback" of June 1967 and adopted the slogan: no reconciliation, no negotiations, no recognition of Israel.

The 1973 summit in Algeria: The summit, which was held at the request of Syria and Egypt after the October war, stressed the need for the complete liberation of all territories occupied by Israel in 1967, and decided to "continue to use oil as a weapon in battle."

The 1978 summit in Baghdad, Iraq: The summit, held in the absence of Egypt, rejected the Camp David Accords, saying that they "infringe on the rights of the Palestinian people and the Arab nation." It stressed adherence to the implementation of the Arab boycott of Israel, and decided to move the headquarters of the Arab League from Cairo to Tunisia.

The 1988 summit in Algiers: An extraordinary summit that affirmed support for the Palestinian intifada that broke out in December 1987 and called for an international conference on the Middle East with the participation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

2004 Tunis Summit: Arab leaders endorsed a "historic" pledge to launch reforms, stressed the importance of the Arab initiative and the Quartet's roadmap on the Middle East, condemned the separation wall in the West Bank, and affirmed rejection of the settlement of Palestinians.

The 2010 summit in Sirte, Libya: adopted a series of general recommendations on activating joint Arab action, affirmed support for Sudan and Somalia, and postponed a number of contentious issues to the next Arab summit in Baghdad.

Arab Summit in Damascus 2008

On March 29, 2008, the work of the twentieth ordinary Arab summit began under the chairmanship of President Bashar al-Assad with the participation of presidents, emirs and heads of delegations of 11 Arab countries, and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States at the Umayyad Palace for conferences in Damascus.

During the summit, President Bashar al-Assad delivered a speech in which he said: "The commonalities that unite us as Arabs are essential. It is true that the lesson is not in what we say at the summits, but in what we do. But the summit is essential in determining the right direction and the necessary speed for everything we will do next, and it is also true that in word and deed we are open to cooperation with others in this world, but it is more true that this cooperation is fruitful only when we rely on ourselves, as the common denominators that unite us as Arabs are many and essential, while the points of difference are when united by the framework of concern for our nation, the solid construction in our Arab project that we seek to achieve must be completed.

– The twentieth regular Arab summit was issued at the end of its work under the chairmanship of President Bashar al-Assad (Damascus Declaration), which focused on the commitment to strengthen Arab solidarity in a way that preserves Arab security, and work to overcome Arab-Arab differences through serious dialogue, and to give priority to the supreme interests of the Arab nation over any differences that may arise, and to stand together in the face of political and economic campaigns and pressures against any of the Arab countries, and they also affirmed the continuation of full support for the Palestinian people to restore their rights and their occupied land with Jerusalem as its capital, as well as the return of Refugees and the release of prisoners.

Maha Al , Atrash

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