Cairo, Nov. 18, 2019, SPA -- The General Secretariat of the League of Arab States announced today that, according to a decision of the host country,the Arab-African Summit, previously scheduled for Riyadh on November 25, 2019, is postponed to sometime during the first quarter of 2020. In a press statement, the Arab League said that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, host of the summit, reported to the AL Secretariat general, conveying Saudi Arabia's authorities decision to postpone the summit to a new date during the first quarter of 2020. The statement added that Riyadh summit will be the fifth of its kind to be held in the context of the strategic partnership that brings together Arab and African countries. --SPA 17:45 LOCAL TIME 14:45 GMT 0017 www.spa.gov.sa/w1212376