Betul Yilmaz and Mohammad Sio
12 October 2025•Update: 13 October 2025
- Gathering will also be attended by heads of international and regional organizations
ISTANBUL
Egypt will host an international peace summit in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday, co-chaired by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his US counterpart Donald Trump.
According to the official Egyptian News Agency, leaders and officials from 27 countries will take part in the summit.
The list includes:
- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi – Host
- US President Donald Trump
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
- Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
- Jordan’s King Abdullah II
- Kuwait’s Prime Minister Ahmad Al Abdullah Al Sabah
- Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto
- Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who already arrived in Egypt to attend the summit
- French President Emmanuel Macron
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
- British 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 Orban
- Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney
- Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store
- Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani
- United Arab Emirates Vice President Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
- Omani Foreign Minister Badr Al Busaidi
- Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishanka
- Japan’s Ambassador to Egypt Masaki Noke
- Greek Cypriot Administration leader Nikos Christodoulides
The summit will also be attended by heads of various international and regional organizations
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
- European Council President Antonio Costa
- Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that no Israeli officials will take part in the summit.
Egypt said the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh aims “to end the war in the Gaza Strip, enhance efforts to bring peace and stability to the Middle East, and usher in a new phase of regional security and stability.”
Trump announced last Wednesday that Israel and Hamas had agreed to phase one of his 20-point plan to secure a Gaza ceasefire and release all Israeli captives in exchange for about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. The plan’s second phase envisions a new governing body in Gaza without Hamas, the formation of a multinational force, and Hamas’ disarmament.
Since October 2023, Israeli attacks have killed over 67,600 Palestinians in the enclave, most of them women and children, and rendered it largely uninhabitable.
