Presidents and World Leaders continue to arrive in Saudi Arabia for the Arab Summit. Those who have recently arrived in Riyadh include: President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria; King Abdullah II of Jordan; Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahayan, President of the United Arab Emirates; President Basher Al-Assad of Syria; Fahd Bin Mahmud Al-Saed, Deputy Prime Minister of Oman; Shaikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait; President Jalal Talabani of Iraq; King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa of Bahrain; President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora of Lebanon; President Omar Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir of Sudan, Prime Minister Mohammad Ghannouch of Tunisia; President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt; President Emile Lahoud of Lebanon; Prime Minister. Ali Mohammed Ghedi of Somalia. President Ali Abdullah Salih of Yemen; and President Ali Ould Cheikh Abdallahi of Mauritania.
Also in Riyadh for the summit is President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan; President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya; Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi of Malaysia; UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.