THE ARAB SUMMIT, A DECISIVE COMMITMENT.

The 32nd summit of the Arab League will open this May 19 in Jeddah and one of the great novelties will be, in principle, the presence of the Syrian president, Bashir El Asad, once his country has been reintegrated into the pan-Arab organization.

The Saudi Foreign Minister, Faisal Bin Farhane Al Saud, has been commissioned to deliver the invitations on behalf of the king, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, born in December 1935.

The atmosphere of the summit could be rarefied due to the existing differences between Algeria and Morocco. King Salman has ruled out that his country can mediate between Algiers and Rabat, although he has proposed that the two parties take advantage of the summit to resolve or at least alleviate their difference.

This seems impossible, given the different positions of Morocco and Algeria on the Western Sahara conflict. President Teboune defends the right to self-determination of the Saharawi population through a binding referendum. Morocco rejects this proposal and considers that Western Sahara "are its southern provinces". The United Nations considers that it is a non-autonomous territory subject to decolonization. The Rabat alternative consists of granting autonomy to the Sahrawis under Moroccan sovereignty. This position is not acceptable to Algeria and the pro-independence Frente Polisario.ç

Undersecretary of the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs for multilateral affairs, Abdul Rahman Al-Rasi expressed the Kingdom's desire that all Arab countries join forces to achieve the goals of the upcoming summit to support joint Arab action and advance development in the Arab world.


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