After [[Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]] speech, [[Libyan]] leader [[Muammar al-Gaddafi]] called [[King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia]] a liar, accusing him of "bringing the Americans to occupy Iraq" and of being "made by Britain and protected by the US.", while stating: "I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam (leader) of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level".<ref>{{cite news|title=Muammar Gaddafi accuses Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah of lying at Arab summit|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/qatar/5079290/Muammar-Gaddafi-accuses-Saudi Arabia's -Arabias-King-Abdullah-of-lying-at-Arab-summit.html|author=Adel Darwish|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=30 March 2009|accessdate=14 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Libya's Gadhafi storms out of Arab summit|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/libya-s-gadhafi-storms-out-of-arab-summit-344|publisher=[[NDTV]] ([[Associated Press]])|date=30 March 2009|accessdate=14 February 2014}}</ref> He then invited the King to visit him to solve the issues between the two.<ref>{{cite web|title= ''Libya's Kadhafi hurls apologies to Saudi king''|url=http://www.france24.com/en/20090330-libyas-kadhafi-hurls-insults-saudi-king|work=|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5hlQa00n2|archivedate=2009-06-24|deadurl=no|accessdate=2009-06-21}}</ref>
