Cairo (March 20, 2018 ): Ahmed Abul Gheit, the Arab League chief tells the reporters in Cairo on Tuesday that Arab leaders will be meeting in Riyadh on April 15.
The Arab League’s general secretariat received “an official notification” from Saudi Arabia to confirm the meeting, Abul Gheit told reporters at the organization’s headquarters in Cairo.
The summit was originally slated for the end of March, its usual annual date.
But Saudi Arabia’s ambassador in Cairo and delegate to the Arab League Ahmed Qattan said earlier this month the timing needed to change to accommodate Egypt’s March 26-28 presidential elections.
Last year’s annual summit was held in Jordan on March 29, with the participation of the 22 member states except for Syria, whose membership has been suspended since the advent of the Syriana war in 2011.
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