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  • Schneider Electric to host its first-ever Innovation Summit in Saudi Arabia

    Schneider Electric, a leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, will launch its first-ever Saudi Arabia Innovation Summit 2023 on June 13-14 in Riyadh. Reflecting the growing importance of Saudi Arabia on the world stage, Schneider Electric's Global Chairman, Jean-Pascal Tricoire, will join the landmark event. The Saudi Arabia Innovation Summit 2023 builds on Schneider Electric's Middle East Innovation Summit 2022, which brought more than 3,700 delegates together for an open discussion on creating a digital path to a sustainable future.

  • Arab League summit promotes regional action through Saudi-led diplomacy

    The Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia has been concluded with a joint declaration urging regional cooperation. The session stood out as President Bashar Al-Assad attended the annual meeting for the first time since Syria’s membership was suspended in 2011. Saudi Arabia also invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to attend the summit as the Kingdom positions itself as a conflict mediator.

  • Ukrainian president attends Arab summit in Saudi Arabia, where many leaders are close to Moscow

    Saudi Arabia pledged $400 million in aid to Ukraine earlier this year and has voted in favor of U.N. resolutions calling on Russia to end its invasion and refrain from annexing Ukrainian territory. But it has resisted U.S. pressure to increase oil production in order to squeeze Russia’s revenues, and like other Arab states has maintained warm ties with Moscow.

  • Ukrainian president attends Arab summit in Saudi Arabia, where many leaders are close to Moscow

    Saudi Arabia pledged $400 million in aid to Ukraine earlier this year and has voted in favor of U.N. resolutions calling on Russia to end its invasion and refrain from annexing Ukrainian territory. But it has resisted U.S. pressure to increase oil production in order to squeeze Russia’s revenues, and like other Arab states has maintained warm ties with Moscow.

  • Ukraine’s Zelenskiy lands in Jeddah to attend Arab League summit

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy landed in Jeddah on Friday to attend an Arab League summit, where Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, heavily-backed by Russia in his country's civil war, will also be present now that his regional isolation ended. Zelenskiy arrived on a French government plane. He is also due to attend the G7 leaders' summit in the Japanese city of Hiroshima this weekend. "Kingdom of Saudi Arabia plays a significant role and we are ready to take our cooperation to a new level," he tweeted shortly after arrival.

  • Saudi Arabia banks on Arab League summit to test foreign policy realignment

    Senior officials from across the Arab world have been trickling into the coastal city of Jeddah ahead of a much anticipated summit of Arab League leaders on Friday, which is expected to include Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. Over the past weeks and months, Saudi Arabia has become more active once again on the foreign stage as it prepares for its year-long Arab League presidency. The kingdom has in that period realigned many of its foreign policy agendas.

  • Saudi Arabia banks on Arab League summit to test foreign policy realignment

    Senior officials from across the Arab world have been trickling into the coastal city of Jeddah ahead of a much anticipated summit of Arab League leaders on Friday, which is expected to include Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. Over the past weeks and months, Saudi Arabia has become more active once again on the foreign stage as it prepares for its year-long Arab League presidency. The kingdom has in that period realigned many of its foreign policy agendas.

  • Saudi Arabia assumes Arab Summit Presidency

    The Arab foreign ministers began on Wednesday their preparatory meeting ahead of Friday's 32nd Arab Summit in Jeddah. The President of the 31st Arab Summit and Foreign Minister of Algeria Ahmad Atef delivered a speech to the meeting, which stressed the importance of banding together to face regional and international challenges.

  • Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah readies itself to welcome Arab League summit delegates

    They have been applying the finishing touches in Jeddah to ensure the high-level delegations invited to the upcoming Arab League summit on Friday receive the warmest of welcomes. The flags of all countries attending can be seen across the city and even more tress have been planted as part of Saudi Arabia’s green drive. One of the most notable views at this year’s summit is that of the Syrian national flag fluttering among the flags of other countries.

  • Arab leaders, officials arrive in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah for Arab League summit

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrived in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah on Thursday to attend the 32nd Arab League summit, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.