DUBAI: The Arab League’s secretary-general warned Tuesday that despite significant developments in the international arena, these “do not change the existing international world order’s essence,” which would only disappear through “a major war.”
Ahmed Aboul Gheit stressed the need to preserve the League through positive action, given the external forces seeking to dismantle the Arab system and replace it with either a regional one entirely subject to international influence or one controlled by non-Arab regional powers.
“I would like to call on all AL’s member states to preserve the League, through the biggest form of positive work,” he told a crowded hall during his address at the World Government Summit in Dubai.
Aboul Gheit stated that the Arab League has so far been successful in maintaining its “cohesion and its role on the international stage,” despite the challenges it has faced since 2011.
Addressing a session moderated by Imad Eldin Adeeb, political analyst at Sky News Arabia, the AL’s secretary-general said, “I will return the League to the Arab states intact, unbroken, and which is in itself a great success,” noting that the League has continued to be active and represented on the world stage in various forums, despite multifaceted regional and international circumstances.
