Arab League of states establishment - Egypt 22-3-1945

The Alexandria Protocol was an agreement signed on 7 October 1944, in

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, by five

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countries agreeing to the formation of a joint Arab Organization, which led to the formation of the eight-member

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in the following year. The agreement stated that all participating

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will be represented on an equal footing. The main aim of this organization was to strengthen the relations between Arab states and to participate actively in the coordination of their political plans and

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without interference with their independence but promising protection by suitable means in case of aggression against a member state and its

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. The meeting in Alexandria included five committees with representatives of the future members of the

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in the Middle East.

Signing members

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: Nagib al-Hilali Pasha, Minister of Education, Muhammad Sabri Abu 'Alam Pasha, Minister of - Justice, Muhammad Salah-al-din Bey, Under Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, *

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: Hamdi al-Bahjaji, Iraqi Prime Minister and head of the Iraqi delegation, Arshad al-'Umari, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nuri al-Sa'id, former Iraqi Prime Minister, Tahein al-'Askari, Iraqi Minister Plenipotentiary in Egypt *

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

: Saadallah al-Jabiri, Syrian Prime Minister and head of the Syrian delegation,

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, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nagib al-Armanazi, Secretary General of the Presidency of the Syrian Republic, M. Sabri al-Assali, deputy of Damascus. * (then Transjordan): Tawfiq Abu al-Huda Pasha, Trans-Jordanian Prime Minister and Minister Of Foreign Affairs, head of the Trans-Jordanian delegation, Sulayman al-Sukkar Bey, Financial Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. *: with the president Bechara El Khoury, Riyad al-Sulh Bey, Lebanese Prime Minister and head of the Lebanese delegation, Salim Taqla Bey, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Musa Mubarak, Chief of the Presidential Cabinet.

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The Avalon Project : The Alexandria Protocol; October 7, 1944
Arab League 1944 in politics Treaties concluded in 1944 Treaties of the Kingdom of Iraq Treaties of Jordan Treaties of Lebanon Treaties of the Syrian Republic (1930–1963) Treaties of the Kingdom of Egypt 1944 in Egypt History of Alexandria Egypt in World War II

Signing members

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