America News Agency

According to a statement by the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the 166th regular session of the Arab League Council at the ministerial level began in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, with the participation of the State of Palestine. The session was chaired by Tunisian Foreign Minister Mohamed Nafti.

Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy, various Assistant Secretaries-General of the League, and Christian Saunders, Acting Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), also attended the session.

The Palestinian delegation was headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Farseen Shaheen. The delegation also included Ambassador Muhannad Al-Aklouk, the State of Palestine's Permanent Observer to the Arab League, as well as First Counsellors Rizq Al-Za'anin, Tamer Al-Tayeb and Jumana Al-Ghoul.

Arab foreign ministers held a consultative meeting ahead of the session to review the main issues on the agenda. The meeting focused in particular on Israel's attacks against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Jerusalem.