Moscow (TDI): Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has invited all leaders and the secretary general of the Arab League for the first Russia-Arab summit on October 15, Russian media outlets reported on Saturday, citing a statement from the Kremlin.
“I am hopeful that this summit will contribute to the further enhancing of mutually beneficial, multifaceted collaboration between our nations and will help in finding ways to ensure peace, security, and stability in the Middle East and North Africa,” he said in the statement.
The Arab League, a regional organization of Arab countries in the Middle East and parts of Africa, has twenty-two member states who have vowed, among others, to collaborate on political, economic and military issues in the region.
The reports came following a 4-day tour by US President Donald Trump through the Gulf region this week, during which Washington said it had secured multiple agreements, including a $600 billion commitment by Saudi Arabia to invest in the United States, $142 billion in arms sales to the kingdom, and an AI partnership with the UAE.
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Moreover, The Arab League is meeting in Baghdad today to discuss the war in Gaza and other major regional issues, with the ongoing conflict in the besieged strip expected to dominate agenda once again.
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The summit comes two months after Israel ended a truce reached with the Hamas in January. In recent days, Israel has carried out widespread attacks in Gaza and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged a further escalation of force to pursue his objective of destroying Hamas.
Farkhund Yousafzai is an Associate Editor at The Diplomatic Insight.
