2010 Arab League summit

The Arab League 22nd Summit was held in Sirte, Libya on 27 March 2010.

Then-Italian Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi spoke at the summit, stressing that Israel should return the Golan Heights to Syria.^[1]

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejected pressure from Syria and Libya to quit the peace process. His senior aide Nabil Abu Rudeineh said: "We are ready for any Arab option. If they want to go to war let them declare that and mobilize their armies and their people and we will follow suit".^[2]

Member states of the Arab League

• Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika
• Abdullah bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain
• Comorian President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi
• Djiboutian President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
• Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit
• Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari
• King Abdullah II of Jordan
• Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait
• Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi (host)
• Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
• Moulay Rachid of Morocco
• Omani Deputy Prime Minister Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said
• Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
• Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar
• Saudi Foreign Minister Saud bin Faisal Al Saud
• Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
• Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir
• Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
• Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
• Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla Ruler of Umm Al Quwain of the United Arab Emirates
• Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh

Non-member states of the Arab League

• Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
• Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

International organizations

• Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa
• Chair of the African Union Commission Jean Ping
• UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

• Official website