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Ahmad Bin Hilly the Arab League Deputy Secretary General
CAIRO, Feb 20 (KUNA) -- Forthcoming Arab Summit will be held in Mauritania after Morocco declared its decision not to host the upcoming regular meeting, the Arab League announced on Saturday.
Ahmad Bin Hilly, the Arab League Deputy Secretary General, said in a statement that the summit would be hosted by Mauritania, instead, according to the alphabetic order of the enlisted member states of the Arab organization.
The Arab League announced on Friday that Morocco notified the organization that it would not be able to host the summit, due on April 6th. (end)
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