 Although Libya was clearly on record as supporting Arab causes in general, the country did not play an important role in Arab politics.At the Arab summit conference held at Khartoum in September 1967, however, Libya, along with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, agreed to provide generous subsidies from oil revenues to aid Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, defeated in June by Israel.Also, Idris first broached the idea of taking collective action to increase the price of oil on the world market.