The Arab Summit in Amman was held under the title" do not split up" (In Arabic the Quranic version: Wala Tafarraqou, which is like a pledge on the name of the good to keep United).
The summit was attended by 15 Arab Presidents and kings, while 7 only did not participate: Syria because it was not invited, The Algerian President and the Oman Sultan and the UAE Emir due to sickness, and Iraq and Libya was represented by the Prime Ministers. Finally the King of Morroco apologized to come in the last minute due to his non convention that " The summit style of speeches will be enough in order to solve the Arab problems".
During the summit all the leaders made speeches except the United Arab Emirates and Oman as part of the arrangement between the Gulf Countries about who to speak from those countries.
In addition to the Arabs the UN General Secratary, the EU head of EEAS Ms Mogherini, and the American Envoy Jason Greenbaldt attended. In addition there was a French Representaive attendig, and others from the OIC and the African Union among others.
In the sidelines of the summit, several meetings for reconciliation between the Arab leaders were held such as the one between Preseident Sisi of Egypt and King Salman of Saudi Arabia, and also the one between King Salman and the Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al Ebadi.
Besides that it was not possible to reconcile beteween Egypt and Qatar.
President Sisi also left the Summit hall in order to meet King Salman when the Tamim the Emir of Qatar started presenting his speech.
Other political meetings were held also aside to the summit, three important to the Israeli Palestinian context are important to mention: One between King Abdallah of Jordan, President Sisi, President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas, and Ms Federica Mogherini. Another one was between Abdallah, Sisi and Abbas. Besides that Mr Greenbladt held separate meetings with the leaders of Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE, to confirm President Trump " personal interest to get to a solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict". The two other meetings mentioned earlier focused on how to resume" Serious and effective Palestinian Israeli peace talks".
In regard to the summit resolutions it is noticeable that" Amman Declaration" of the summit did not mention Iran directly, but instead it called the" neighboring countries to stop their intervention in the internal affairs of the Arab countries, and to try to develop relations based on mutual respect with the Arab countries".
In regard to the Arab (and Palestinian) Israeli conflict, the Amman Declaration called for the following points:
Conclusions:
In conclusion: This was a successful summit with high percentage of Arab leaders participation and strong decisions. What will follow are the April meetings in Washington that might create a momentum forward, and that will continue till March next year Arab Summit that will take place in Riyadh/ Saudi Arabia after the UAE apologized from hosting it.
IMESClub MESClub vice-president Nick Soukhov took part in the live dialogue on the France 24 Arabiya on January, 19, 2017: Syria - what the equation after the Astana?