The Riyadh meeting, called by Saudi Arabia, was attended by Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, UAE’s President Mohammed bin Zayed, Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Kuwait’s Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad, and Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. 

“This meeting is part of the private friendly gatherings that have been regularly held for many years between the leaders of the GCC states, Jordan, and Egypt, reflecting the strong brotherly ties between the leaders, which enhances cooperation and coordination,” an official source told Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Thursday.

Joint Arab action and any relevant decisions will be included in the agenda of the upcoming Extraordinary Arab Summit on Gaza, which will be held in Egypt on 4 March, the official source added.  

The Cairo summit on 4 March aims to formulate an Arab counter-reconstruction plan and a unified Arab stance against US-Israeli displacement of the native population proposals in Gaza.

Egypt has been drafting a comprehensive plan to reconstruct the war-devastated strip without displacing the Palestinians from their homeland to present to the summit.

On Wednesday, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly stated that Egypt possesses the expertise and capabilities to rebuild the war-torn Gaza Strip, which has been devastated by 15 months of Israeli aggression, within three years.