Arab foreign ministers are trying to persuaded Iraq to meet UN Security Council demands it scrap its weapons of mass destruction in the hope of avoiding a war.
The Arab League meeting follows a day of diplomatic manoeuvring on the Security Council resolution against Iraq.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher met with both his Iraqi counterpart, Naji Sabri, and with US ambassador to Egypt, David Welch.
Sabri gave no hint on how Iraq would respond to the latest resolution, which requires Baghdad to reply within seven days, allowing UN weapons inspectors back into the country with a tougher mandate to seek out hidden weapons.
"Baghdad will study the resolution and we will take a decision later," Sabri said.
Maher pointed out that Iraq already had said it would accept the arms inspectors back unconditionally and added he saw that as a signal for what the Iraqi decision would be.
"I think that after the issuing of the resolution, Iraq will deal with it in the same spirit. This is what we hope," he said.