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The 2017 Riyadh summit ( ar, 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. Leaders and representatives of 54 Arab and Muslim countries, all members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and the United States took part. Iran and Turkey boycotted the summit, and Syria was not invited.
President Trump made his first foreign trip to Saudi Arabia arriving at King Khalid International Airport on May 20, where he met with King of Saudi Arabia, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Salman. Trump then traveled to the Murabba Palace, where the King awarded him the Order of King Abdulaziz#The Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud, Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud. Trump later visited the National Museum of Saudi Arabia. In the evening, Trump and the U.S. delegation took part in the traditional ardah sword dance.
#: President of Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani
#: Albanian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Sami Shiba
#: Council of the Nation, President of the Council of the Nation :fr:Abdelkader Bensalah, Abdelkader Bensalah,
#: President of Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev
#: King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
#: Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
#: President of Benin, President Patrice Talon
#: Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
#: President of Burkina Faso, President Roch Marc Kabore
#: Minister of Foreign Affairs Lejeune Mbella Mbella
#: President of Chad, President Idriss Déby
#: President of Comoros, President Azali Assoumani
#: President of Djibouti, President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
#: President of Egypt, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
#: President of Gabon, President Ali Bongo Ondimba
#: President of the Gambia, President Adama Barrow
#: President of Guinea, President Alpha Condé
#: President of Guinea-Bissau, President José Mário Vaz
#: President of Guyana, President David A. Granger
#: President of Indonesia, President Joko Widodo
#: President of Iraq, President Fuad Masum
#: President of Cote d'Ivoire, President Alassane Ouattara
#: King Abdullah II of Jordan, Abdullah II
#: President of Kazakhstan, President Nursultan Nazarbayev
#: Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
#: First Deputy Prime Minister Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev
#: Prime Minister of Lebanon, Prime Minister Saad Hariri
#: Prime Minister of Libya, Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj
#: Prime Minister of Malaysia, Prime Minister Najib Razak
#: President of the Maldives, President Abdulla Yameen
#: President of Mali, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
#: President of Mauritania, President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
#: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Morocco), Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita
#: Minister of Foreign Affairs José Condungua Pacheco
#: President of Niger, President Mahamadou Issoufou
#: Minister of Defence Mansur Dan Ali
#: Deputy Prime Minister Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said
#: Prime Minister of Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
#: Emir of Qatar, Emir Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani
#: President of the Palestinian National Authority, President Mahmoud Abbas
#: President of Senegal, President Macky Sall
#: President of Sierra Leone, President Ernest Bai Koroma
#: President of Somalia, President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
#: Minister of State Taha al-Hussein
#: Minister of Foreign Affairs (Suriname), Minister of Foreign Affairs Yldiz Pollack-Beighle
#: President of Tajikistan, President Emomali Rahmon
#: President of Togo, President Faure Gnassingbé
#: President of Tunisia, President Beji Caid Essebsi
#: Minister of Foreign Affairs (Turkey), Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu
#: Minister of Foreign Affairs Raşit Meredow
#: State Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Affairs Henry Oryem Okello
#: President of Uzbekistan, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev
#: President of Yemen, President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi
#: Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
#: President of the United States, President Donald Trump
#: King Mohammed VI of Morocco, Mohammed VI was scheduled to attend but cancelled his plans a week prior to the summit for unspecified reasons.
#: President of Sudan, President Omar al-Bashir declined to attend after officials at the United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 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.
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 of Saudi Arabia, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Salman. Trump then traveled to the Murabba Palace, where the King awarded him the Order of King Abdulaziz#The Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud, Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud. Trump later visited the National Museum of Saudi Arabia. In the evening, Trump and the U.S. delegation took part in the traditional ardah sword dance.
Trade agreement and arms deal
On May 20, 2017, President of the United States, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a US$350 billion arms deal with the Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The arms deal was the largest in world history. 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. The arms transfer was described by news outlets as a "significant" and "historic" expansion of United States relations with Saudi Arabia.United States – Gulf Cooperation Council Summit
Trump met with Gulf Cooperation Council, GCC leaders the morning of May 21.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. 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. To officially open the center King Salman, President Trump, and President el-Sisi placed their hands on a glowing Sphere, orb in the shape of a globe, which was cause for mirth among the international media.Countries attending
#: President of Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani
#: Albanian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Sami Shiba
#: Council of the Nation, President of the Council of the Nation :fr:Abdelkader Bensalah, Abdelkader Bensalah,
#: President of Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev
#: King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
#: Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
#: President of Benin, President Patrice Talon
#: Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
#: President of Burkina Faso, President Roch Marc Kabore
#: Minister of Foreign Affairs Lejeune Mbella Mbella
#: President of Chad, President Idriss Déby
#: President of Comoros, President Azali Assoumani
#: President of Djibouti, President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
#: President of Egypt, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
#: President of Gabon, President Ali Bongo Ondimba
#: President of the Gambia, President Adama Barrow
#: President of Guinea, President Alpha Condé
#: President of Guinea-Bissau, President José Mário Vaz
#: President of Guyana, President David A. Granger
#: President of Indonesia, President Joko Widodo
#: President of Iraq, President Fuad Masum
#: President of Cote d'Ivoire, President Alassane Ouattara
#: King Abdullah II of Jordan, Abdullah II
#: President of Kazakhstan, President Nursultan Nazarbayev
#: Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
#: First Deputy Prime Minister Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev
#: Prime Minister of Lebanon, Prime Minister Saad Hariri
#: Prime Minister of Libya, Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj
#: Prime Minister of Malaysia, Prime Minister Najib Razak
#: President of the Maldives, President Abdulla Yameen
#: President of Mali, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
#: President of Mauritania, President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
#: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Morocco), Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita
#: Minister of Foreign Affairs José Condungua Pacheco
#: President of Niger, President Mahamadou Issoufou
#: Minister of Defence Mansur Dan Ali
#: Deputy Prime Minister Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said
#: Prime Minister of Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
#: Emir of Qatar, Emir Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani
#: President of the Palestinian National Authority, President Mahmoud Abbas
#: President of Senegal, President Macky Sall
#: President of Sierra Leone, President Ernest Bai Koroma
#: President of Somalia, President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
#: Minister of State Taha al-Hussein
#: Minister of Foreign Affairs (Suriname), Minister of Foreign Affairs Yldiz Pollack-Beighle
#: President of Tajikistan, President Emomali Rahmon
#: President of Togo, President Faure Gnassingbé
#: President of Tunisia, President Beji Caid Essebsi
#: Minister of Foreign Affairs (Turkey), Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu
#: Minister of Foreign Affairs Raşit Meredow
#: State Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Affairs Henry Oryem Okello
#: President of Uzbekistan, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev
#: President of Yemen, President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi
#: Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
#: President of the United States, President Donald Trump
Cancelled
#: King Mohammed VI of Morocco, Mohammed VI was scheduled to attend but cancelled his plans a week prior to the summit for unspecified reasons.
#: President of Sudan, President Omar al-Bashir declined to attend after officials at the United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 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.
Aftermath
Emboldened by Trump's criticism of Iran, many Arab countries decided to take action against their perceived enemies. Bahrain began cracking down on its Shia in Bahrain, Shi'ite majority, killing 5 and arresting 286 people. Bahrain also shut down an independent newspaper and outlawed country's last opposition group. On 5 June 2017, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen, Egypt and Bahrain all announced they were cutting diplomatic ties with Qatar. 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.Popular culture
An image of King Salman, U.S. President Trump, and Egyptian President el-Sisi touching an illuminated globe (see above) sparked a brief commotion on the Internet, particularly the social media website Twitter. Users dubbed the globe "the Orb" and made reference to various popular culture objects, such as the Palantír from J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings'' series and "The Orb of Peace" from ''Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace''. ''The Atlantic''See also
* Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition * 2017 United States–Saudi Arabia arms deal * Impeachment inquiry against Donald TrumpReferences
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