With considerable differences in a number of files, particularly Syria and Libya, Arab leaders meet today, Tuesday, at a summit hosted by Algeria. This is the first summit in three years.
The summit is anticipated to begin at 18:00 local time (17:00 GMT) and end on Wednesday night. Algeria has made all the necessary preparations for a prestigious reception for the attendees.
While the main streets of the capital and government buildings were decorated with the flags of Arab countries, and huge banners commented on advertising paintings that welcomed “Arab brothers”.
The term “Relationship” was used by the Algerian government to promote this organization’s 31st summit.
Hosni Abidi, the director of the Geneva-based Center for Studies and Research on the Arab World, commented on this event by stating that “Algerian diplomacy shifted to the offensive stage at the Arab and African levels.”
Since the arrival of President Abdel Majid Taboun to power at the end of 2019, the Algerian diplomacy has returned to heavy activity, after years of stalemate on the international scene due to the illness of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
As for the conflict in Syria, which is one of the files that are still thorny until now, especially in terms of Damascus’s return to the Arab League, after its membership was suspended at the end of 2011, Abidi explained that “the invitation of Syria in the current situation involves a great risk. ” According to France Press, Algeria abandoned this topic in coordination with Damascus after realising the impact that this presence would have on the summit’s outcome.
According to Pierre Boussal, a researcher at the Strategic Research Foundation in France, Algeria and Russia, allies of Damascus, also wanted Syria to rejoin the Arab League. “Damascus was compelled to accept reality. President Bashar al-return Assad’s to the university dressed as the victor was a sham, even though Moscow has already staked money on this outcome of the civil war. But this time, pragmatism won out.
Russia has given up trying to impose its will on the situation. It would have an impact on its relations with Arab nations.
It is significant that the League of Arab States’ most recent summit, which was held in March 2019 in Tunisia and was attended by 22 nations, took place before the Kofid-19 pandemic.
Along with Syria and Libya, the current summit is anticipated to cover a number of other topics, such as Turkish foreign policy in the area, the Yemeni crisis, the Palestinian problem, and others.
Arab leaders gather in Algeria for their first summit in three years.
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