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The Saudi monarch has invited the Iranian president to an extraordinary summit of Muslim leaders to be held this month in the city of Mecca, according to the state news agency SPA.

King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud "sent a written letter to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inviting him to attend the extraordinary Islamic solidarity meeting which will be held in Mecca" in mid-August, SPA reported on Sunday.

Saudi Arabia called last month for the summit in an effort at "unifying the ranks" of Muslims.
The headquarters of the 57-member pan-Muslim body - the Organisation of IslamicCo-operation - is located in the Red Sea city ofJeddah in Saudi Arabia