Opening session of the 17th Arab League Leaders Summit in Algiers

Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika (R) receives Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and attends the opening session of the 17th Arab League Leaders Summit in Algiers, Algeria, on March 22, 2005, which is supposed to discuss major Arab issues, among them the pressure on Syria and the peace process in the Middle East. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACA.