Egypt will host an international summit in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday to finalize an agreement aimed at ending the war in Gaza, an Egyptian presidential spokesperson says.
The summit will be attended by more than 20 leaders, including US President Donald Trump, the spokesperson adds in a statement.
The summit was first reported by Axios yesterday, which said Trump had organized the event and that invitations had been extended to leaders or foreign ministers from Germany, France, the UK, Italy, Qatar, the UAE, Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Indonesia.
The outlet reports now that the US State Department issued official invitations to the leaders’ summit, and has significantly expanded the list of invitees to include Spain, Japan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Hungary, India, El Salvador, Cyprus, Greece, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Canada. Iran was also invited, according to one source cited by the outlet, which adds that Israel will not participate.
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