Then, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Brazil and the Coordinator of South American countries Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira a speech in which he expressed his thanks to the Saudi government and people for their hospitality and warm reception. The minister highlighted the importance of the summit and boosting cooperation between the two sides. Afterwards, Secretary General of the Arab League Dr. Nabil Elaraby delivered speech in which he expressed sincere thanks and appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for hosting the summit. Dr. Nabil Elaraby discussed several issues facing the Arab region. On the Palestinian issue, he called for the provision of a special system of international protection for the Palestinian people and on Yemen, he stressed Arab support for Operation Determination Storm and Operation Renewal of Hope. --More 23:20 LOCAL TIME 20:20 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w