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H. E. Mr. Nabil Fahmy, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, met on 21 September with Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), on the sidelines of the high-level meetings of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The General Secretariat of the League of Arab States strongly condemned the incursion into the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque by an Israeli government official and a group of settlers under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces. It reaffirmed its categorical rejection of any infringement upon the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque and Islamic holy sites, or any attempt to alter their existing historical and legal status. It also stressed the need to respect the Hashemite custodianship over the Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem.

H. E. Mr. Nabil Fahmy, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, met on 20 September with Mr. Tom Fletcher, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, during his participation in the high-level meetings of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Mr. Nabil Fahmy, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, met on 21 September with Mr Alexander De Croo, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on the sidelines of the high-level meetings of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

H. E. Mr. Nabil Fahmy, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, met on 21 September with Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain, on the sidelines of the high-level meetings of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

H. E. Mr. Nabil Fahmy, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, met on 20 September with Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, at the outset of Mr. Fahmy’s participation in the high-level meetings of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The General Secretariat of the League of Arab States strongly condemned the continued Houthi attacks against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, most recently the launch of a ballistic missile towards Riyadh, alongside attempts to target a number of other cities and areas across the Kingdom.

H. E. Mr. Nabil Fahmy, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, received on 17 September Mr. Paulo Rangel, Minister of State and Foreign Affairs of the Portuguese Republic, at the General Secretariat during Mr. Rangel's visit to Cairo.

H. E. Mr. Nabil Fahmy, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, received on 16 September His Excellency Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), President of the State of Palestine, at the General Secretariat headquarters. The two sides discussed the latest developments concerning the Palestinian cause and the rapidly evolving situation on the ground, as well as the political, humanitarian and security challenges facing the Palestinian people at the present juncture.

H. E. Mr. Nabil Fahmy, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, strongly denounced the attempt to target Makkah Al-Mukarramah with a drone, after the Saudi authorities announced that they had intercepted and destroyed the drone south of Makkah before it entered the restricted airspace over the holy city. He stressed that any threat to the security of Makkah Al-Mukarramah and the sanctity of Islamic holy sites is a matter of grave concern, given the threat such acts pose to the security of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the safety of its citizens, residents and pilgrims, as well as the provocation they represent to Muslims around the world.

H. E. Mr. Nabil Fahmy, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, condemned in the strongest terms the continued attacks targeting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the resulting injuries and material damage. He described the attacks as an unacceptable violation of the Kingdom’s sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, as well as a threat to the lives of civilians and to the security and stability of the region.

H. E. Mr. Nabil Fahmy, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, met on 13 September with Mr. Pekka Haavisto, Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Sudan. The two sides held extensive discussions on developments in Sudan and exchanged views on the outcome of the visit to Khartoum this week by the Quintet Mechanism, comprising the League of Arab States, the African Union, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the European Union and the United Nations. They also discussed ways of supporting peace and stability in Sudan.