Algiers Arab Summits
ALGIERS ARAB SUMMITS
: The Algerian capital has frequently welcomed Arab leaders for summits, in the course of which important decisions have been made. On 26 November 1973, meeting in Algiers following the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, the summit recognized the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the sole representative of the Palestinian people. On 7 June 1988, the special Arab League summit in Algiers expressed its support for the Palestinian uprising in the occupied territories. On 15 November 1988, at the congress of the Palestine National Council in the Algerian capital, Yasir Arafat proclaimed the State of Palestine, with Jerusalem as its capital.
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