Arab foreign ministers met on Sunday at Cairo-based Arab League headquarters to prepare for the coming Arab Summit in Kuwait later in March.

The meeting of the Arab League Council at the ministerial level, headed by Morocco, will also discuss recent developments in Syria and Palestine.

This is the first time that Arab ministers have met after a recent joint decision of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain withdrew their ambassadors from Qatar earlier on Wednesday. The three countries blamed Qatar for not being committed to the principles of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

In a joint statement the three GCC member states said that the decision was to "protect the security and stability" in their countries. They said that Qatar has not yet implemented the Gulf Security Agreement signed in November last year, which aims to enhance security cooperation to deal with new threats faced by the regional countries.

The meeting is also the first occasion for the Arabs to convene after a pervious Saudi decision to list the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group. Egypt has labeled the group as a terrorist organization and asked the Arabs to cooperate in this regard.

During the two-day meeting Arab foreign ministers will tackle common security, social and political issues. They will also discuss establishing a nuclear-free zone as well as the Arab Center for International Law.