2017 Riyadh summit
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Host country | Saudi Arabia |
Date | May 20, 2017 | – May 21, 2017
Motto | Together, We Prevail |
Venue(s) | Ritz Carlton Hotel, Riyadh King Abdulaziz International Conference Center |
Cities | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Participants | See below |
Chair | King Salman of Saudi Arabia |
Website | www |
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The 2017 Riyadh summit (Arabic: قمة الرياض 2017) was a series of three summits held on 20–21 May 2017 on the occasion of the visit of United States President Donald Trump to Saudi Arabia, his first trip overseas. The summit included one bilateral meeting, between the United States and Saudi Arabia, and two multilateral meetings, one between the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council and the other with Arab and Muslim countries.[1] Leaders and representatives of 55 Arab and Muslim countries were in attendance.[2]
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Background
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United States-Saudi Arabia summit
President Trump made his first foreign trip to Saudi Arabia arriving at King Khalid International Airport on May 20, where he met with King Salman.[3][4][5] Trump then traveled to the Murabba Palace, where the King awarded him the Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud.[6] Trump later visited the National Museum of Saudi Arabia.[7] In the evening, Trump and the U.S. delegation took part in the traditional ardah sword dance.
Trade agreement and arms deal
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On May 20, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a US$350 billion arms deal with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. [8][9] The arms deal was the largest in world history. [10][11][12] The transaction included tanks, combat ships missile defence systems, as well as radar, communications and cybersecurity technology. The transfer was widely seen as a counterbalance against the influence of Iran in the region.[13][14] The arms transfer was described by news outlets as a "significant" and "historic" expansion of United States relations with Saudi Arabia. [15][16][17][18][19]
United States-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit
Trump met with GCC leaders the morning of May 21st.[1]
Arab Islamic American Summit
King Salman and President Trump gave keynote addresses at the Arab Islamic American Summit. Trump called for Muslim leaders to "drive out" terrorism from their countries, and condemned Hamas and the Iranian government for their support of the government of Bashar al-Assad. Also speaking were President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait, King Abdullah II of Jordan, President Joko Widodo of Indonesia, and Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia.[citation needed]
At the close of the summit the leaders inaugurated the new Global Center for Combating Extremism in Riyadh, intended as a centre of excellence for fighting violent extremism which is conducive to terrorism, involving a number of international counter-extremism experts. [20] To officially open the center King Salman, President Trump, and President el-Sisi placed their hands on a glowing orb in the shape of a globe, which was cause for mirth among the international media.[21]
Trump speech
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Countries attending
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- Afghanistan: President Ashraf Ghani
- Albania
- Algeria: Abdelkader Bensalah, President of the Council of the Nation[22]
- Azerbaijan: President Ilham Aliev
- Bahrain: King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
- Bangladesh: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
- Benin : President Patrice Talon
- Brunei: Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
- Burkina Faso: President Roch Marc Kabore[23]
- Cameroon
- Chad: President Idriss Déby
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Egypt: President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
- Gabon: President Ali Bongo Ondimba
- The Gambia: President Adama Barrow[24]
- Guinea: President Alpha Condé
- Guinea-Bissau: President José Mário Vaz
- Guyana
- Indonesia: President Joko Widodo
- Iraq: President Fuad Masum[25]
- Ivory Coast: President Alassane Ouattara
- Jordan: King Abdullah II
- Kazakhstan: President Nursultan Nazarbayev
- Kuwait: Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lebanon: Prime Minister Saad Hariri
- Libya
- Malaysia: Prime Minister Najib Razak
- Maldives: President Abdulla Yameen
- Mali: President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
- Mauritania: President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
- Morocco: Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita[26]
- Mozambique:
- Niger: President Mahamadou Issoufou
- Nigeria
- Oman: Deputy Prime Minister Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said[27]
- Pakistan: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
- State of Palestine: President Mahmoud Abbas
- Qatar: Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
- Senegal: President Macky Sall
- Sierra Leone:
- Somalia: President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
- Sudan: Minister of State Taha al-Hussein[28]
- Suriname
- Tajikistan: President Emomali Rahmon[23]
- Togo
- Tunisia: President Beji Caid Essebsi
- Turkey: Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Uzbekistan: President Shavkat Mirziyoyev[29]
- Yemen
- United Arab Emirates: Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
- United States of America: President Donald J. Trump
Cancelled
- Morocco: King Mohammed VI was scheduled to attend but cancelled his plans a week prior to the summit for unspecified reasons.[30]
- Sudan: President Omar al-Bashir declined to attend after officials at the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh registered their objections to his planned attendance. President al-Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court for genocide and war crimes.[28]
Aftermath
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Emboldened by Trump's criticism of Iran, many Arab countries decided to take action against their perceived enemies. Bahrain began cracking down on its Shi'ite majority, killing 5 and arresting 286 people. Bahrain also shut down an independent newspaper and outlawed country's last opposition group.[31]
On 5 June 2017, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen, Egypt and Bahrain all announced they were cutting diplomatic ties with Qatar.[31] Hamid Aboutalebi, deputy chief of staff of Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, tweeted, "What is happening is the preliminary result of the sword dance," referring to Trump's conduct at the Summit.[32][33]
References
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