Tag: Arab League

• Wednesday, February 12th 2025 - 15:41 UTC

  Arab League opposes Trump's plans for Gaza

  

  Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul Gheit spoke Wednesday during the World Governments Summit in Dubai against relocating the Palestinian population living in the Gaza Strip, as US President Donald Trump suggested earlier this month. Abul Gheit thus concurred with Jordan's King Abdullah II, who made similar remarks after talks with the Republican leader at the White House late Tuesday. Trump had suggested Jordan could be one of the destinations for the Gaza residents after the US takes it over.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 08:44 UTC

  Arab League warns Bolsonaro on moving embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

  

  The Arab League has told Brazil's right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro that moving Brazil's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would be a setback for relations with Arab countries. Such a move by Bolsonaro, who takes office on January first, would be a sharp shift in Brazilian foreign policy, which has traditionally backed a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

• Monday, December 11th 2017 - 02:38 UTC

  Arab allies urge US to abandon recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital; appeal to UN Security Council

  

  Arab foreign ministers on Sunday urged the United States to abandon its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, saying the move would increase violence throughout the region.

• Saturday, August 3rd 2013 - 02:49 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez will chair Security Council debate on UN relations with regional organizations

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez will be chairing next Tuesday a meeting of the United Nations Security Council that will be addressing the relations of Latam and Caribbean regional and subregional organizations with UN in helping prevent conflicts and restore peace, was announced by the Argentine ambassador Maria Cristina Perceval.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2012 - 05:53 UTC

  Paraguay and Syria excluded from South America/Arab countries leaders summit in Peru

  

  The third summit of leaders from South America and Arab Countries, ASPA, will take place in Lima, Peru next 1 and 2 October but without the attendance of Paraguay and Syria which have been suspended from their respective blocks, according to Peruvian Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Beráun.

• Saturday, August 11th 2012 - 11:38 UTC

  Peru will host leaders’ summit of Arab and South America countries in October

  

  Peru will be hosting next October the III Summit of heads of state and government from South America and Arab nations which is expected to bring together 32 countries, according to Deputy Foreign Affairs minister Jose Beraún.

• Saturday, March 12th 2011 - 23:26 UTC

  Arab League calls on UN Security Council for a no-fly zone over Libya

  

  The Arab League threw its support behind calls for a no-fly zone over Libya on Saturday as the Libyan military closed in on the opposition. The League urged on Saturday the United Nations to close Libyan airspace, as forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi continued using war planes to bombard the country's rebels.