ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt on Oct. 13 for a world leaders’ summit on ending the Gaza war, the foreign office said on Sunday.
Egypt has said the peace summit 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.”
The US president will lead the summit alongside Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi with leaders from more than 20 countries in attendance. No Israeli official is attending the forum.
The United States, along with Egypt, Qatar and Turkiye, mediated what has been described as a first phase agreement between Israel and Hamas for a ceasefire, a mutual exchange of hostages and prisoners, an Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza and increased humanitarian aid. The ceasefire held for the third day on Sunday.
“The Sharm el-Sheikh Summit is the result of the diplomatic efforts that began on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly’s 80th Session in New York last month,” the Pakistani foreign office said.
