Sisi’s office said Monday’s international gathering aimed “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”.
Egypt’s foreign ministry said a “document ending the war in the Gaza Strip” was expected to be signed.
Other world leaders confirmed to be attending are French President Emmanuel Macron, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will also attend.
Meanwhile, former UK prime minister Sir Tony Blair, who is expected to be part of a “Board of Peace” supervising Gaza’s governance under Trump’s peace plan, met the PA’s Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh on Sunday.
Al-Sheikh said he had “confirmed our readiness to work with President Trump, Mr Blair” and other partners to secure the entry of aid and the release of hostages and prisoners, before starting on “recovery and reconstruction”.
“We stressed the importance of stopping the undermining of the Palestinian Authority, and especially the return of the withheld Palestinian revenues and preventing the undermining of the two-state solution in preparation for a comprehensive and lasting peace in accordance with international legitimacy”, he added in a post on X.
Israel’s war on Gaza was triggered by the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage.
Since then, more than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed, including more than 18,000 children, the Hamas-run health ministry says.