2009 Arab League summit

Arab League 21st summit
Arab League 21st summit
Host country	Qatar
Date	30–31 March 2009
Cities	Doha
Follows	2010 Arab League summit
Precedes	2008 Arab League summit

The 2009 Arab League summit was held in Doha, Qatar on March 30, 2009. The Arab League defied the International Criminal Court by giving a "warm welcome" to Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, whom the Court placed on warrant of arrest for war crimes in the Darfur genocide.^[1]

Reactions

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak boycotted the summit amid differences with Qatar stemming from the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict.^[2] Other Arab countries like Saudi Arabia were also hesitant to come to the summit if Iran or Hamas were in attendance (neither of the parties came while the Saudis did).^{[citation needed]}

Incidents

After Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani speech, Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi called King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia a liar, accusing him of "bringing the Americans to occupy Iraq" and of being "made by Britain and protected by the US.", while stating: "I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam (leader) of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level".^[3]^[4] He then invited the King to visit him to solve the issues between the two.^[5]

References

^ Murphy, Brian (March 30, 2009). "Sudan's Leader Arrives in Qatar". The Washington Post.
^ Hu Dandan and Liao Zhenyun. "What is behind Egyptian President Mubarak's absence from Arab Summit?". Xinhua. Archived from the original on April 1, 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
^ Adel Darwish (March 30, 2009). "Muammar Gaddafi accuses Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah of lying at Arab summit". The Telegraph. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
^ "Libya's Gadhafi storms out of Arab summit". NDTV (Associated Press). March 30, 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
^ "Libya's Kadhafi hurls apologies to Saudi king". Archived from the original on June 18, 2009. Retrieved June 21, 2009.

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[1] Murphy, Brian (March 30, 2009). "Sudan's Leader Arrives in Qatar". The Washington Post.

[2] Hu Dandan and Liao Zhenyun. "What is behind Egyptian President Mubarak's absence from Arab Summit?". Xinhua. Archived from the original on April 1, 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2014.

[3] Adel Darwish (March 30, 2009). "Muammar Gaddafi accuses Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah of lying at Arab summit". The Telegraph. Retrieved February 14, 2014.

[4] "Libya's Gadhafi storms out of Arab summit". NDTV (Associated Press). March 30, 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2014.

[5] "Libya's Kadhafi hurls apologies to Saudi king". Archived from the original on June 18, 2009. Retrieved June 21, 2009.

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v t e Arab League summits
Pre-1964	1946 Inshas 1956 Beirut
1964–1979	1964 Cairo / Alexandria 1965 Casablanca 1967 Khartoum 1969 Rabat 1970 Cairo 1973 Algiers 1974 Rabat 1976 Riyadh / Cairo 1978 Baghdad 1979 Tunis
1980–1999	1980 Amman 1982 Fes 1985 Casablanca 1987 Amman 1988 Algiers 1989 Casablanca 1990 Baghdad / Cairo 1996 Cairo
2000–2019	2000 Cairo 2001 Amman 2002 Beirut 2003 Sharm el-Sheikh 2004 Tunis 2005 Algiers 2006 Khartoum 2007 Riyadh 2008 Damascus 2009 Doha 2010 Sirte 2012 Baghdad 2013 Doha 2014 Kuwait City 2015 Sharm El-Sheikh 2016 Nouakchott 2017 Amman 2018 Dhahran 2019 Tunis
2020–2039	2022 Algiers 2023 Jeddah 2023 Riyadh 2024 Bahrain 2025 Iraq
Italics indicate extraordinary meetings.