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 . Libya , nonetheless , continued its close association with the West , while Idris ' government steered an essentially conservative course at home
Arab summit conference
1967 Arab League summit
Kingdom of Libya