The absence of the Prince, Mohamed bin Salman, for health reasons, will undoubtedly reduce the importance of this meeting of Arab leaders at the highest level.
A total of 17 heads of state have confirmed their attendance. It is certain that the King of Morocco, Mohamed VI, and the President of Egypt, Abdelfatah Al Sissi, will participate.
Saudi Arabia will be represented by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Abdel Al Jubeir, and Kuwait by the Crown Prince, Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
Bringing together at least 17 heads of Arab states after several years of deep divisions on many issues can be considered a feat, even in the absence of certain "heavyweights". Especially since the non-participation of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia is officially due to health reasons and nothing else.
At the Algiers summit, it will mainly be about the Palestinian cause, that is to say the Arab peace initiative "which is in fact a Saudi document",
The initiative was adopted at the Beirut summit in 2002, and confirmed in 2006 at the Riyadh summit. In Algiers, the document will not be updated, since it is "good". The summit, which is being held two weeks after the historic reconciliation of Palestinian factions sealed in Algiers, will be "a success",
Apart from the Palestinian question, which will be at the center of the debates, the Arab summit in Algiers, which is being held in a difficult international and regional situation, will also be an opportunity for leaders to show a minimum of unity and send strong messages to the at a time when the Arab world is facing the economic and geostrategic fallout from the war in Ukraine, which has come on top of a highly unstable internal situation in several countries (Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, etc.) and numerous frictions between States and between Algeria and Morocco.
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