Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, Senegal’s President Macky Sall, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, attend the opening of the 36th Ordinary session of the Assembly of the Africa Union at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia February 18, 2023. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri 

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, Senegal's President Macky Sall, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, attend the opening of the 36th Ordinary session of the Assembly of the Africa Union at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia February 18, 2023. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri 

French President Emmanuel Macron, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, EU foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell, Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein and Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit walk to attend the second Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership, at the Dead Sea, Jordan December 20, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni 

Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud and Secretary of the Gulf Cooperation Council Nayef Al-Hajraf attend a news conference at the Arab Gulf Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri 

Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit attends a news conference at the Arab Gulf Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri 

Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud and Secretary of the Gulf Cooperation Council Nayef Al-Hajraf attend a news conference at the Arab Gulf Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri 

Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud and Secretary of the Gulf Cooperation Council Nayef Al-Hajraf attend a news conference at the Arab Gulf Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri 

Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud and Secretary of the Gulf Cooperation Council Nayef Al-Hajraf attend a news conference at the Arab Gulf Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri 

Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit attends a news conference at the Arab Gulf Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri 

Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit attends a news conference at the Arab Gulf Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri 

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit gestures during a news conference after a consultative meeting of the Arab League countries, in Sin El Fil, Lebanon July 2, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir 

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit gestures as he attends a news conference with Lebanon's caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib after a consultative meeting of the Arab League countries, in Sin El Fil, Lebanon July 2, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir 

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit gestures while talking to Lebanon's caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib as they attend a consultative meeting of the Arab League countries in Sin El Fil, Lebanon July 2, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir 

Lebanon's caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib sits next to Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit as they attend a consultative meeting of the Arab League countries in Sin El Fil, Lebanon July 2, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir 

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit listens as Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi speaks during a joint news conference with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, following the Arab Ministerial Committee meeting in Amman, Jordan April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni 

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi speaks during a joint news conference with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, following the Arab Ministerial Committee meeting in Amman, Jordan April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni 

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, and Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki attend a joint news conference following the Arab Ministerial Committee meeting in Amman, Jordan April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni 

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit attends a joint news conference with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, following the Arab Ministerial Committee meeting in Amman, Jordan April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni 

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki speaks during a joint news conference with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, following the Arab Ministerial Committee meeting in Amman, Jordan April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni 

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi speaks during a news conference with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, following the Arab Ministerial Committee meeting in Amman, Jordan April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni 

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit speaks during a news conference with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, following the Arab Ministerial Committee meeting in Amman, Jordan April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni 

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki speaks during a news conference with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, following the Arab Ministerial Committee meeting in Amman, Jordan April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni 

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki speaks during a news conference with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, following the Arab Ministerial Committee meeting in Amman, Jordan April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni 

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit speaks during a news conference with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, following the Arab Ministerial Committee meeting in Amman, Jordan April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni 

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit speaks during a news conference following the Arab Ministerial Committee meeting in Amman, Jordan April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni 

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit talks with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi during the Arab Ministerial Committee meeting in Amman, Jordan April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni 

Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Secretary General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a news conference after talks of representatives of Arab League nations, in Moscow, Russia, April 4, 2022. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS 

Secretary General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit attends a news conference after talks of representatives of Arab League nations with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in Moscow, Russia, April 4, 2022. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS 

Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Secretary General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a news conference after talks of representatives of Arab League nations, in Moscow, Russia, April 4, 2022. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS 

Secretary General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit attends a news conference after talks of representatives of Arab League nations with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in Moscow, Russia, April 4, 2022. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS 

Secretary General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit speaks during a news conference after talks of representatives of Arab League nations with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in Moscow, Russia, April 4, 2022. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS 

Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Secretary General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrive to a news conference after talks of representatives of Arab League nations, in Moscow, Russia, April 4, 2022. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov welcomes Secretary General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit following a news conference, after his talks with representatives of Arab League nations, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 4, 2022. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS 

Secretary General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit speaks during a news conference after talks of representatives of Arab League nations with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in Moscow, Russia, April 4, 2022. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS 

Secretary General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit attends a talk of representatives of Arab League nations with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in Moscow, Russia April 4, 2022. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the Secretary General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit pose for a photo with representatives of the Arab League nations prior to their talks, in Moscow, Russia April 4, 2022. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov welcomes the Secretary General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit, as they pose for a photo with representatives of Arab League nations prior to their talks in Moscow, Russia April 4, 2022. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS 

Algeria's Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum speaks during a joint news conference with Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit in Algiers, Algeria February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina 

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit attends a meeting with Algeria's Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum (not pictured) in Algiers, Algeria February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina 

Algeria's Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum speaks during a joint news conference with Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit in Algiers, Algeria February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina 

Algeria's Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum attends a joint news conference with Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit in Algiers, Algeria February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina 

Algeria's Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum speaks during a joint news conference with Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit (not pictured) in Algiers, Algeria February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina 

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit speaks during a joint news conference with Algeria's Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum (not pictured) in Algiers, Algeria February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina 

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit attends an emergency meeting with the Arab League's foreign ministers after U.S. President Donald Trump announced his Middle East peace plan, in Cairo, Egypt, February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit (not pictured) in Cairo, Egypt January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo, Egypt January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (not pictured) in Cairo, Egypt January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit (not pictured) in Cairo, Egypt January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit attends the Arab Foreign Ministers extraordinary meeting to discuss the Syrian crisis in Cairo, Egypt October 12, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

Iraq's Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali al-Hakim speaks during news conference with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit(not pictured) in Baghdad, Iraq September 3, 2019. REUTERS/Khalid Al-Mousily 

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit speaks during a news conference with Iraq's Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali al-Hakim in Baghdad, Iraq September 3, 2019. REUTERS/Khalid Al-Mousily 

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit speaks during news conference with Iraq's Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali al-Hakim (not pictured) in Baghdad, Iraq September 3, 2019. REUTERS/Khalid Al-Mousily 

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit speaks during news conference with Iraq's Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali al-Hakim in Baghdad, Iraq September 3, 2019. REUTERS/Khalid Al-Mousily 

Iraq's Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali al-Hakim speaks during news conference with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit in Baghdad, Iraq September 3, 2019. REUTERS/Khalid Al-Mousily 

Iraq's Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali al-Hakim meets with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit in Baghdad, Iraq September 3, 2019. REUTERS/Khalid Al-Mousily 

(R-L) Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, King Felipe VI of Spain, and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani attend the state funeral of late Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi at the presidential palace in the capital's eastern suburb of Carthage, Tunisia July 27, 2019. Fethi Belaid/Pool via REUTERS 

(From R) Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, King Felipe VI of Spain, Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, French President Emmanuel Macron, Libya's UN-recognised Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, and former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki attend the state funeral of late president Essebsi at the presidential palace in the capital's eastern suburb of Carthage, Tunisia July 27, 2019. Fethi Belaid/Pool via REUTERS 

Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri talks with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit at a session of the Arab Economic Forum in Beirut, Lebanon, May 2, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir 

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit attends the Arab League's foreign ministers meeting to discuss unannounced U.S. blueprint for Israeli-Palestinian peace, in Cairo, Egypt April 21, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (4th R, front) and Arab League's Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit (3rd R, front) and other participants of the talks pose for a picture in Moscow, Russia April 16, 2019. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov