Grandfather returns home from Saudi Arabia

“We have a right to maintain safety and security of our citizens and we can not understand the demands to make it go unpunished”.

To this end, governments from the two blocs pledge to “enhance the current political dialogue” and champion the setting of cooperation targets in “high-priority” areas such as healthcare, education, poverty reduction, environment, climate change, energy, water resource management, food security and unemployment.

ASPA is composed of the 12 countries of the Union of South American Nations and the 22 members of the Arab League.

“The situation is very, very seriously deteriorating, with the Huthis taking power and making this government vacuum”, Ban said, referring to the Shiite militia which dissolved the Sanaa government and parliament on Friday.

Saudi Arabia is using planes and bombs, which were bought from British companies, in its air campaign against the Houthi rebels. The declaration affirms the States’ commitment to preventing any and all direct or indirect assistance to groups such as the self-proclaimed Islamic State, Syria’s al-Nusra Front or Al-Qaeda. He also expressed eagerness to coordinate efforts in the fight against terrorism and extremism.

Women still have to get permission from a “guardian” – normally a father, husband or brother – before travelling, and are not permitted to drive.

One element in that transition, not only in Latin America, has been the inclusion of community organisations as “partners of governments”, he said.

But too many women around the world face violations of their basic rights, he said.

“The world will never achieve 100 per cent of its goals without 50 per cent of its people as full and equal participants in all realms”. It commended Bahrain’s, led by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, hailing the royal keynote speech which stressed Bahrain’s keenness on the stability of the Arab region.

In 2013 the Independent reported that the United Kingdom made £12.bn from arms sales to repressive regimes around the world, most of which are in the Middle East and Africa.

Both Arab and South American countries have said they want to see this figure grow in the next few years.

President Omer Hassan al-Bashir arrived in Riyadh on Tuesday to participate in the summit which kicked off this evening with an address from Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz. Somalian President Hasan Sheikh Mahmoud, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, UAE vice president and ruler of Dubai, and Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives Aqilah Saleh also attended the summit.