Egypt Announces List of Leaders Participating in Sharm El-Sheikh Summit

SadaNews - The Egyptian authorities announced the leaders participating in the international summit hosted in the city of Sharm El-Sheikh, this Monday afternoon, among them Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

The official Egyptian news agency reported that the "Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit" involves participation by heads of states and kings:

- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi

- U.S. President Donald Trump

- Jordan's King Abdullah II

- Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad

- Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

- Indonesian President Joko Widodo

- Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev

- French President Emmanuel Macron

- Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides

According to the agency, the summit will also see the participation of prime ministers from:

- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz

- Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al-Sudani

- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer

- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez

- Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

- Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan

- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

- Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif

- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney

- Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre

- Vice President of the UAE, Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid

- Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Sabah

According to the agency, also participating in the summit will be:

- Oman's Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi

- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

- Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit

- President of the European Council Antonio Costa

- Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

- Japanese Ambassador to Cairo Iwai Fumio

According to official and media information from Egypt, the summit aims to finalize the signing of a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip between Hamas and Israel.

The summit comes after the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel came into effect last Friday.

On October 9, President Trump announced that Israel and Hamas reached an agreement on the first phase of the ceasefire plan and prisoner exchange, following indirect negotiations between both parties in Sharm El-Sheikh, with the participation of Turkey, Egypt, and Qatar, under U.S. supervision.

With U.S. support, Israel has committed genocide in Gaza since October 8, 2023, resulting in 67,806 martyrs and 170,066 injuries, most of whom are children and women, and famine that claimed the lives of 463 Palestinians, including 157 children.