secreties of league of arab states mr mehdemi, your royal highnesses and excellenceies. praise in eternal be to god almighty may god's peace be upon his prophet muhammad, his companions and followers. allow me at the beginning to extend gratitude and appreciation to our breathers in egypt - government and people - for hosting this summit warm reception, generous hospitality, meticulous hospitalisation. we extend all appreciation and gratitude to my brother, his royal highness and to the state of kuwait people and government for the efforts exerted concerted work during the previous presidency. in this respect i convey the same appreciation to this secretary-general and secretary-general. league of arab states for the efforts exerted towards developing the role of the league of arab states and reintegrating the joint arab action taking it to higher levels. allow me to extend all our appreciation to you for soup retsing your sentiment of sympathy to the yemeni people. i have come with you today from the wounded country of yemen, to take part in the arab summit. and if you

your royal highnesses excellenceies, ladies and gentlemen. it is with pleasure that i begin by thanking god that he bestowed recovery on my brother, extend extending my congratulations and myself praying to the almighty that he will enjoy help and wellbeing to continue to lead his people. your royal highnesses the period proceeding the 25th summit was very critical and complicated and our joint arab actions during that period was experiencing the most difficult times and in the face of all this will remain adamant, and sound support and solidarity by brother leaders, a catalyst that enabled them to work and embark on the ground work to the regular summit that was the first to be convened where we put a discussion and obstructed the joint arab actions. and by the grace of god, we were able to arrive at certain conclusions and lay down resolutions that put into action the resolution during our presidency of the summit and coordination and cooperation with brother leaders, in an attempt to address and remedy all the issues in a new perspective a

your royal highnesses or excellenceies, secretaries of the league of arab states.onourable guests ladies and gentlemen. it is with pleasure i welcome you all as brothers and friends on the home style of egypt and fail to you and convey all the appreciation and love of the egyptian people who take pride in being part of the arab nation where the egyptians have and will continue to sacrifice all the pressures to safe guard our dignity. it is also with pleasure as we integrate the 26th summit of the league of arab state on behalf of myself and all of you, to suppress all gratitude and appreciation to the state of kuwait and to saba for the prudent leadership during the presidency of the previous summit which added a new adope for the structure. i wouldn't fail to remember that efforts aseshted by the secretary-general of the league of arab state. through the cycle and the ground work. and i pray to god almighty to be cull linated with success, living up to the aspirations of the arab nations who are pinning high hopes on the body waiting for more action to reenforce t

excellenceies, your majesties and ladies and gentlemen, as we advance on the post 2015 agenda and work for peaceful resolutions for conflict let us strengthen our ponds for the people of this region. and security overour people. let us work together to make this world together for those where human dignity is respected. thank you very much. [ clapping ] >>> final words by the u.n. secretary ban ki-moon. he's been addressing the arab league summit in sharm elshake. before him. the egyptian president abdul fatah al-sisi, saudi arabia king. the yemeni president outspoken about the ongoing events in his country, the saudi arabian air strikes. he seemed to put out a call for the military intervention to continue until there's a resolution in his country. let's bring in the professor of middle east at qatar university and joins us live. we didn't expect yemen do dominate, but they eventually got there. seems they are united in condemning what happened in the country. what stood out for you. >> i have heard basically a different priority from each leader. if we start with abdul fatah al-sisi,