Arab League 20th summit
Summit details
Host country	Syria
Dates	March 29 2008

The 2008 Arab League summit was held in Damascus on March 29, 2008. The summit was marred by inter-Arab differences, mainly over the political deadlock in Lebanon, with relations between Syria and the Saudi-Egypt coalition reaching an all time low. Saudi Arabia and Egypt snubbed the summit by sending low-level representatives^[1]. Lebanon's majority government boycotted the summit.

[edit] References

1. ^ Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Saudi king snubs Damascus summit

[edit] External links

• Official Website of the Summit (Arabic)

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