All Arab heads of state attended, with the exception of Saudi King Faisal.

Iman AlQhatani breaks the news following an announcement made by Saudi monarch King Abdulla bin Abdulaziz.

Here are some of the reactions to the Saudi monarch's speech and decrees from Twitter khalidalkhalifa HM King Abdalla of Saudi Arabia will be speaking shortly on Saudi TV ..

The deal was made during the visit of Saudi monarch King Salman to neighbouring Egypt.

The prizes are awarded at a ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, by the King of Saudi Arabia.

Between 1783 and 1971, the Bahraini monarch held the title of Hakim, and, from 1971 until 2002, the title of Emir.

At first, Jordan s King Abdullah II hesitated to sign a long sought after election law.

In practice, the monarch will ask the leader of a parliamentary block that has a majority in the Storting to form a government.

The Senate of Canada () is a component legislative Chamber of the Parliament of Canada, along with the House of Commons, and the Monarch (represented by the Governor General of Canada).

Parliamentary elections are held at least every four years, but it is within the powers of the Prime Minister to ask the monarch to call for an election before the term has elapsed.

The letters addressed by President Mbeki to the King of Morocco showed that the Saharan people had never ceased to trust in peace and a peaceful solution, notwithstanding the ever more violent and aggressive statements by various Moroccans in positions of authority.

Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah (center) with the Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (left) and the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

It all started when on August 26, the Royal Palace, in an unprecedented move, revealed that the monarch has contracted a viral, benign disease and needed convalescing for five days.

The speech drew a lot of attention from netizens, before, during and after it was read. On Twitter, the hashtag sakingspeech became a worldwide trending topic.

Since 2012, the House of Representatives appoints an informateur (in previous years the informateur was appointed by the monarch), who checks out possible coalitions, and formateur, who leads formation negotiations.

The Council expresses its appreciation to President Hosni Mubarak of the Arab Republic of Egypt for the invitation to both parties to the summit and to King Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein of Jordan for his participation.

The speech comes following calls, and small protests, for reforms in the Kingdom, where clergymen earlier urged Saudis not to ride the protest wave engulfing the region as such protests in Saudi Arabia were against religion.