RIYADH, Saturday, November 11, 2023 (WAFA) – Saudi Arabia decided today to hold a joint Arab Islamic extraordinary summit in Riyadh instead of two summits, according to the Saudi Foreign Ministry.

“In response to the unprecedented circumstances in Gaza, and after the consultation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the League of the Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, it was decided to hold a ‘Joint Arab Islamic Extraordinary Summit’ in an exceptional manner on November 11, 2023, instead of the ‘extraordinary session of the Arab Summit’ and the ‘Extraordinary Islamic Summit’, which were scheduled to be held in the same date,” said the Foreign Ministry in a statement.

It said that “this comes as a sense from the leaders of all countries of the importance of uniting efforts and coming up with a unified collective position that expresses the common Arab-Islamic will on the dangerous and unprecedented developments in Gaza and the Palestinian territories are witnessing that require the unity of the Arab and Islamic ranks in confronting and containing their repercussions.”

President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Saudi Arabia yesterday to take part in the summit.

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