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A number of leaders of Arab and Islamic countries arrived in Riyadh to participate in the awaited summit that discusses the situation in the Palestinian territories. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his accompanying delegation arrived in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, to participate in the work of the joint Arab and Islamic summit. Al-Ikhbariya channel published a video clip of Assad’s arrival in Riyadh, where He was received at King Khalid International Airport by Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Governor of the Riyadh Region, the head of the honorary mission, Fawaz bin Tanf Al-Otaibi, the Deputy Director of the Regional Police, Major General Mansour bin Nasser Al-Otaibi, and the Undersecretary of Royal Protocol Fahd Al-Suhail.
In the capital, Amman, it was announced that the Jordanian monarch, King Abdullah II, accompanied by Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II, Crown Prince, left the Jordanian territories, to participate in the extraordinary joint Arab-Islamic summit being held in Riyadh to discuss the dangerous events in the Palestinian territories and stop the war on... Gaza.
It was decided to hold the summit exceptionally in Riyadh, instead of the “Extraordinary Arab Summit” and the “Extraordinary Islamic Summit” that were scheduled to be held on the same date, in response to the exceptional circumstances taking place in Gaza.
In Cairo, it was announced that President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi will travel today to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Counselor Ahmed Fahmy, the official spokesman for the Presidency of the Republic, stated that the extraordinary joint summit between the Arab and Islamic countries aims to enhance consultation and coordination regarding the Israeli military escalation in the Gaza Strip and the rest of the country. The Palestinian territories, and ways of Arab and Islamic action towards it.
The President’s participation in the Arab-Islamic Summit comes as a continuation of Egypt’s role since the beginning of the crisis in exerting the utmost effort to advance ceasefire efforts and provide safe access for humanitarian aid to the people of the Gaza Strip, as well as advancing the path of reviving the peace process and a just and lasting settlement of the Palestinian issue on the basis of the two-state solution in accordance with For international legitimacy decisions.