King Mohammed VI is expected shortly in Riyadh where he is to take part in the Arab League summit to be held mid-April. The 29th Arab League summit was initially scheduled to be held at the end of March, but was postponed because the date coincided with the Egyptian presidential election. After the kingdom’s successful comeback in the continental institutions, the African Union in the first place, King Mohammed VI will, by taking part in the Riyadh summit, mark his country’s return to the Arab family and consolidate its leadership in the Arab world. Actually, the king did not attend the 2017 summit held in Amman, Jordan, and Morocco had declined to host the 2016 summit as initially scheduled. While in Paris, the King also met Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Salman and Lebanese Premier Saad Hariri.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 11, 2018 17:26 UTC