Addressing the Summit, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud said "A few days ago, this city witnessed the convening of the World Economic Conference, in which embodied the support of Arab and international community for Egypt. Today, we meet to deliberate on ways for overcoming the political and security crises many Arab countries suffer, and to address the various challenges that confront us." The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques also said "The excruciating reality of terrorism, internal conflicts, and bloodshed experienced by a number of Arab countries are only the inevitable result of an alliance between terrorism and sectarianism, which is led by regional powers whose blatant interventions in the Arab region have resulted in undermining security and stability in some of our countries. In Yemen, the foreign intervention enabled the Houthi militias to overtake the legitimate authority, occupy Sanaa, and disrupt the implementation of the Gulf Initiative which has sought to preserve Yemen's unity, stability and security. The response of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries to the call of Yemen's President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi to hold the Riyadh Dialogue Conference in Riyadh under the umbrella of GCC General Secretariat meant to provide Yemen a safe passage to stability and to ensure a return to the normal status within the framework of the Gulf Initiative and its implementation mechanism that have enjoyed Arab and international support." "As the Houthi militia -- backed by regional powers that aim at extending their dominance on Yemen and using it a base for their influence in the region -- continues its intransigence and rejection of the warnings of the Yemeni legitimacy, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Security Council and all peace initiatives, and as it moves forward in its aggression against the Yemeni people and its legitimate authority, and threatens the security of the region; the brotherly and friendly countries participating in the Determination Storm have accepted the request of Yemen's President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi for a stand by Yemen and its people and legitimate authority, to deter the Huthi aggression which represents a major threat to the security and stability of the region and the international peace and security, and to counter terrorist organizations," the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques added. --More 16:16 LOCAL TIME 13:16 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w