Donald Trump and the Egyptian president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, are due to chair a Gaza peace summit with several world leaders in Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday.
The meeting would take place on Monday afternoon in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh “with the participation of leaders from more than 20 countries”, the Egyptian presidency 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 UN secretary general, António Guterres, said he would attend, as will Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, and Pedro Sánchez of Spain. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has also confirmed his attendance.
There was no immediate word about whether Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu would be in Sharm el-Sheikh. Hamas has said it will not take part.
Modi is hiding from Trump and sending a junior minister.
Here is the who will be attending: US President Donald Trump, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al Gaber Al-Sabah, Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, French President Emmanuel Macron, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, UK 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 Orbán, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al-Sudani. Also attending UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, European Council President António Costa.
