WASHINGTON
US President Donald Trump and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will on Monday chair a Gaza peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement. The meeting will take place on Monday afternoon “with the participation of leaders from more than twenty countries,” it said.
It will aim “to end the war in the Gaza Strip, enhance efforts to achieve peace and stability in the Middle East, and usher in a new era of regional security and stability”. The United States has invited Iran to participate in next week’s high-profile peace summit aimed at ending the Gaza war, according to a report by Axios.
The gathering, set to take place in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday, will be co-chaired by President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The Egyptian presidency confirmed that more than 20 world leaders are expected to attend the summit, which seeks to establish a framework for regional stability following the Gaza ceasefire.
Meanwhile, three employees of Qatar’s Amiri Diwan, its top government body, were killed in a car crash near Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, Qatar’s embassy in Egypt said in a post on X on Sunday. The embassy said two others were wounded and were receiving necessary medical treatment at the city’s hospital.
It said the injured and the bodies of the deceased would be repatriated later on Sunday to Doha. Earlier, two security sources told Reuters that a car carrying Qatari diplomats overturned on a curve on a road 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the city.
The accident came a few days after officials from Qatar, Turkey and Egypt participated in indirect talks in Sharm el-Sheikh earlier this week that led to the agreement between Israel and Hamas on the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza.
