Leaders of Gulf states met with their Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts to strategize before a broader Arab summit early next month.

Arab leaders met in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Friday for the first time to formulate a response to President Donald Trump’s plan for the US to take ownership of Gaza, expel its Palestinian population and turn it into a Middle Eastern “Riviera.

Since President Trump suggested depopulating Gaza, Arab officials have offered other ideas for reconstruction. But the emerging consensus repackages old plans as new ones.

Arab foreign ministers are aiming to travel to Washington “within weeks” to present US President Donald Trump with a “solid” proposal to rebuild Gaza without displacing the Palestinian population, Jordanian official sources told CNN.

The emerging Arab plan is likely to call for Palestinian technocrats to govern Gaza and billions to be spent on reconstruction, without removing Gazan residents.