The 32nd Arab Summit will kick off on Friday in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah city, amid delicate circumstances in which the Arab nation is trying to restore cohesion, reunion, and coordination.
The League of Arab States is hoping for this session to be a fruitful summit that achieves its aspired goals.
As for the Arab people, they look forward to this summit, especially with the return of Syria to the League of Arab States and after an official invitation for Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to attend the upcoming summit.
The Syrian participation decision in the Arab League meetings comes after an absence of 11 years, and the last Arab participation of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad was during the summit held in Sirte, Libya, in 2010.
The Arab masses believe that this will be the beginning of Arab reunification in line with the regional developments and international changes amid indications of reshaping the international order in general and the region in particular.
This hope stems from the speech of Arab League Secretary-General Ahmad Abul-Gheit, delivered on his behalf by the Assistant Secretary-General, Ambassador Hussam Zaki, during the preparatory meeting of the Economic and Social Council for the Arab summit in Jeddah.
During the meeting, he emphasized that the return of Syria to the Arab League and the positive atmosphere that the region is witnessing pushes to renew the determination to activate the principle of Arab solidarity.
The League of Arab States is considered the oldest international organization established after World War II and was formed on March 22, 1945.
The headquarters of the League is located in Cairo, and it is an international regional organization based on cooperation among the member states.
This is confirmed by what has been stated in the preamble to its charter that the League was keen to support and consolidate Arab ties on the basis of respecting the independence and sovereignty of those countries.
In its early years, the League of Arab States focused mainly on economic, cultural, and social programs. In 1959, it held the first Arab Petroleum Conference, and in 1964, the Arab Organization for Education, Culture, and Science was established, and in 1974, it recognized the Palestine Liberation Organization as the sole legitimate representative of all Palestinians.
The Arab League supported Syria and Lebanon in their disputes with France and demanded the independence of Libya in 1945.
It also supported Tunisia in its conflict with France in 1961. In the same year, it announced its opposition to the formation of a Jewish state in Palestine and demanded its independence.
The Arab summits continued to be held normally and urgently, the last of which was held in Algeria last year, in addition to the economic summits.
Source: Kuwait News Agency