Peace summit to be co-chaired by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his US counterpart Donald Trump

Egypt will host an international peace summit in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday, co-chaired by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his US counterpart Donald Trump.

According to the official Egyptian News Agency, leaders and officials from 27 countries will take part in the summit.

The list includes:

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ? Host
US President Donald Trump
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Qatar?s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Jordan?s King Abdullah II
Kuwait?s Prime Minister Ahmad Al Abdullah Al Sabah
Bahrain?s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who already arrived in Egypt to attend the summit
French President Emmanuel Macron
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani
United Arab Emirates Vice President Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Omani Foreign Minister Badr Al Busaidi
Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishanka
Japan?s Ambassador to Egypt Masaki Noke
Greek Cypriot Administration leader Nikos Christodoulides

The summit will also be attended by heads of various international and regional organizations

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
European Council President Antonio Costa
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that no Israeli officials will take part in the summit.

Egypt said the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh aims ?to end the war in the Gaza Strip, enhance efforts to bring peace and stability to the Middle East, and usher in a new phase of regional security and stability.?

Trump announced last Wednesday that Israel and Hamas had agreed to phase one of his 20-point plan to secure a Gaza ceasefire and release all Israeli captives in exchange for about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. The plan?s second phase envisions a new governing body in Gaza without Hamas, the formation of a multinational force, and Hamas? disarmament.

Since October 2023, Israeli attacks have killed over 67,600 Palestinians in the enclave, most of them women and children, and rendered it largely uninhabitable. (AA)

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