1990 Arab League summit (Baghdad)

Summit of the Arab league

Arab League Summit

Host country| Iraq
Date| 28–30 May
Cities| Baghdad
Participants| 19
Chair| President Saddam Hussein
Follows| 1989
Precedes| 1990 (Cairo)

The 1990 Arab summit, officially Emergency Arab Summit Conference, was an extraordinary summit that includes the leaders of the member states of the Arab League, hosted by the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, between May 28 and 30, 1990.[1][2]

It was held about two months before Iraq invaded Kuwait. It was called for by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, but Syria and Lebanon were absent.[3] The conferees warned of the wave of Jewish immigration from the Soviet Union, which was on the verge of disintegration, and considered it a threat to Arab national security and the rights of the Palestinians.[1][4][5]

## Participants

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Country | Represented by | Title

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Bahrain | Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa | Emir
Iraq | Saddam Hussein | President
Kuwait | Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah  | Emir
Libya | Muammar Gaddafi | Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution
Mauritania | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya | President
Palestine | Yassir Arafat | President
Qatar | Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani | Emir
Saudi Arabia | Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | King
United Arab Emirates | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan | President
Yemen | Ali Abdullah Saleh | President

## References

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1. ^ a b Irfani, Suroosh (1990). "The Baghdad Summit". Strategic Studies. 13 (3): 7–10. JSTOR 45182009 - via JSTOR.
2. ^ Irfani, Suroosh (1990). "The Baghdad Summit". Strategic Studies. 13 (3): 7–10. ISSN 1029-0990. JSTOR 45182009.
3. ^ "القمم العربية من أنشاص إلى الدوحة (تسلسل زمني)". www.aa.com.tr.
4. ^ "Mideast situation - Emergency Arab Summit final statement - Letter from Iraq".
5. ^ "Mideast situation - Emergency Arab Summit final statement - Letter from Iraq". Question of Palestine. Retrieved 2023-10-30.