reece and Cyprus are among the countries invited by US President
reece and Cyprus are among the countries invited by US President Donald Trump to a summit for Gaza, set to take place at the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh.
Athens and Nicosia are expected to be represented by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Nikos Christodoulides, respectively.
The summit, deemed as imperative for achieving an end to the war that has engulfed the Palestinian enclave after the Hamas militant group, which ran the Gaza with an “iron first” since 2005, invaded southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. The summit will be co-chaired by Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the host.
The Egyptian president announced the participant countries on Saturday evening, when referring to the “summit of peace”.
Washington has significantly expanded the list of invitees, adding Spain, Japan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Hungary, India, El Salvador, Cyprus, Greece, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Canada. According to one source, Iran was also invited, however, Israel will not participate, according to Israeli journalist Barak Ravid, who writes for Axios.
On its part, Hamas announced that it would not participate in the official signing of the agreement.
“As for the official signing, we will not be present,” senior Hamas official Hosam Badran
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