Saudi Arabia’s hosting of the 32nd Arab Summit comes as an extension of its leadership role at the regional and international levels, and the wise leadership’s keenness to enhance communication with the leaders of Arab countries, continuous discussions and coordination of positions on files and issues of common concern.
Based on this, the Kingdom hosted, during the past year, the Jeddah Summit on Security and Development, with the participation of the United States and the Arab-Chinese Summit for Cooperation and Development.
The 32nd session of the Arab Summit is being held in exceptional circumstances that the region and the world are going through in terms of regional and international crises and conflicts, which necessitate the Arab countries to find mechanisms through which they can face common challenges, enhance regional security and stability, and achieve well-being for their countries and peoples, which necessitates the development of political coordination mechanisms under the umbrella of the League of States. Arab countries, promoting economic cooperation and advancing development in various fields that directly affect the Arab citizen.
The importance of the summit lies in the fact that it is being held in light of the latest developments in the region and the world, and the support of the Kingdom’s leadership for the efforts aimed at achieving peace, security, stability and prosperity in the region, including the agreement signed by Saudi Arabia with the Islamic Republic of Iran to resume relations between the two countries, under the auspices of the People’s Republic of China, efforts and initiatives. list to find a comprehensive political solution to the crises in Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
A political solution to the Syrian crisis
The Kingdom has a pivotal role in supporting the efforts aimed at finding a political solution to the Syrian crisis that ends all its repercussions and preserves its unity, security and stability, and returns it to its Arab surroundings. The Arab foreign ministers decided to return Syria to its seat in the League of Arab States, after an absence of 12 years, and the Kingdom decided to resume the work of its diplomatic mission in the Syrian Arab Republic.
The return of Syria to its Arab surroundings would accelerate the end of the crisis inside Syria, contribute to the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland, strengthen existing efforts to combat terrorism and eliminate terrorist organizations that threaten the security of Syria and Arab countries, stop drug smuggling and trafficking, and enable state institutions to maintain sovereignty over its lands and an end to foreign interference.
Aid and discussions of the Sudan crisis
The Kingdom has always sensed its leadership role at the Arab and international level in dealing with the crises of the region, especially the Sudan crisis, as it responded to requests submitted by brotherly and friendly countries to evacuate its nationals in the Republic of Sudan, and carried out sea and air evacuations for its citizens and nationals of brotherly and friendly countries from Sudan, and hosted talks between the two parties. The conflict in Sudan, in joint coordination with the United States of America, to stabilize the ceasefire. It also provided, under the guidance of the wise leadership, various aid (relief, humanitarian, and medical) at a value of $100 million, while organizing a popular campaign through the “Sahem” platform.
The convening of the 32nd session of the Arab Summit in the Kingdom contributes to confirming the firm Arab position towards condemning the illegal Israeli practices that undermine the solution to the Palestinian crisis, and the chances of achieving a just and comprehensive peace based on the two-state solution that embodies the independent and sovereign Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital in accordance with the resolutions of international legitimacy. and the Arab Peace Initiative.