|TUNIS, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Invited by the Saudi King Salman, the Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi left Tunis on Saturday for Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh to participate in the Arab-Islamic-U.S. summit to be held on Sunday.
Abdelkarim Hermi, diplomatic adviser to the Tunisian president, said that Essebsi will deliver a speech during this summit presenting the Tunisian vision on the scourge of terrorism, the fight against extremism as well as the efforts made on a regional and global level in order to eradicate this phenomenon.
The Tunisian president will advocate an Arab-Islamic strategy to fight against extremism and terrorism, which will involve all Arab states, and will be represented by the U.S. President Donald Trump, added the diplomatic adviser.
The summit is the first event of this kind. More than 40 Arab and Islamic countries will take part in this event and focus on a common strategy to fight the global terrorism.
