Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane will represent Moroccan King Mohammed VI in meetings of 26th regular session of the Arab Summit, set to kick off in Sharm el Sheikh on Saturday, said a statement by the cabinet on Friday.
Benkirane will head for Egypt today to attend the summit.
The summit will tackle the latest developments in the Palestinian territories, Syria, Libya and Yemen, as well as ways of developing the Arab League and confronting terrorism in the region.