High-level meetings in Sharm el-Sheikh before summit
From left, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani meet before the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh
Egypt’s president greets Trump at airport
The US president is now on his way to the summit after he was welcomed by President el-Sisi at the airport. The Gaza ceasefire meeting, which both presidents will co-chair, will involve leaders from more than 20 countries.
Abbas meets world leaders at Gaza ceasefire summit
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has met several world leaders and senior officials at the Gaza summit in Egypt.
According to Wafa news agency, those he met included:
- King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain
- President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany
- PM Pedro Sanchez of Spain
- PM Jonas Gahr Store of Norway
- PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis of Greece
- PM Mohammed Shia al-Sudani of Iraq
- PM Mark Carney of Canada
- PM Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan
- Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad al-Busaidi of Oman
He was accompanied by Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh and Diplomatic Adviser Majdi al-Khaldi.
