25 MAY,2023.
A ‘middle kingdom’ dawns on India’s west(PG 6)(GS 2)
25 MAY,2023.
•The 32nd Arab League Summit held in Jeddah was unique in multiple ways. After 12 years, all 22 Arab states got together again, with 17 of them represented at the head of state or government level.
•The summit readmitted Syria and heard the Ukrainian President, a special invitee. The postsummit “Jeddah Declaration” was moderate in political optics and showed realism for the contemporary socioeconomic challenges facing the Arabs.
•Although it highlighted the staple proPalestinian agenda, it conspicuously refrained from mentioning Israel by name. Similarly, all Iranrelated issues were omitted.
• Instead, it called for “stopping foreign interference in the domestic affairs of Arab countries and categorically reject all support for the formation of armed groups and militias”.
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• was no mention of any nonArab issue, including Ukraine and the oil market