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Palestinian president to attend Gaza peace summit in Egypt

2025-10-13 09:25 Last Updated At:11:07

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will attend a Gaza peace summit to be held in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh on Monday, according to Al Arabiya on Sunday.

But the Israeli Prime Minister's Office said on Sunday that its representatives will not attend the summit.

The Sharm El-Sheikh summit will finalize an agreement between Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza, the Egyptian presidency announced in a statement on Saturday.

The meeting will be co-chaired by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and U.S. President Donald Trump, with the participation of leaders from more than 20 countries, the statement said.

On Monday local time, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi announced that Iran would not attend the meeting.

Araghchi expressed gratitude for the invitation from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and emphasized that Iran supports resolving disputes through diplomatic means, but Iran "cannot engage with counterparts who have attacked the Iranian people and continue to threaten and sanction us."

The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas came into effect on Friday, following three days of intensive negotiations in Sharm El Sheikh between the two sides mediated by Egypt, Qatar, Türkiye and the United States.

The first phase of the plan includes Israeli troop withdrawals from Gaza City, Rafah, Khan Younis, and the north, the opening of five crossings for aid, and the release of hostages and prisoners.

More than two years of Israeli military operations have devastated Gaza, killing over 67,000 people and triggering famine, according to Gaza's health authorities.

Palestinian president to attend Gaza peace summit in Egypt

Palestinian president to attend Gaza peace summit in Egypt

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng met with European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic on Friday in Beijing. The two sides exchanged views on bilateral economic and trade relations.

He, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said China always attaches high importance to growing its economic and trade ties with the European Union (EU) and stands ready to work with the European side to fully implement the important consensus reached by leaders of the two sides.

He called on the two sides to give full play to the role of the China-EU trade and investment consultation mechanism, uphold the new positioning of China and the EU as each other's stable and balanced key trading partners, maintain ongoing dialogue, properly handle differences, and advance the sound and steady development of bilateral economic and trade relations.

Sefcovic stated that China is an important economic and trade partner of the EU. The EU is ready to continue advancing the trade and investment consultation, step up communication and jointly promote cooperation, he added.

Chinese vice premier meets European commissioner for trade, economic security

Chinese vice premier meets European commissioner for trade, economic security

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