Gaza, Monday in Sharm el Sheikh the signing of the Israel-Hamas agreement: who will be there
Presided over by al Sisi and Trump, invited leaders from Germany, France, UK, Italy, Spain, Qatar, UAE, Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Indonesia
La cerimonia di lunedì per la firma dell’accordo di pace tra Israele e Hamas sarà co-presieduta dal presidente egiziano Abdel Fattah al Sisi e da quello americano Donald Trump. Risultano ufficialmente invitati i leader di Germania, Francia, Regno Unito, Italia, Spagna, Qatar, Emirati arabi, Giordania, Turchia, Arabia Saudita, Pakistan, Indonesia, Giappone, Azerbaijan, Armenia, l’Ungheria, l’India, El Salvador, Cipro, Grecia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Canada e - dettaglio non banale - l’Iran che ha fatto sapere non parteciperà. Neanche Israele parteciperà. Il vertice, previsto a Sharm el Sheikh, è stato ieri al centro di un colloquio telefonico preparatorio tra il ministro degli Esteri del Cairo, Badr Abdel Aty, e l’omologo Usa Marco Rubio.
For 'The Donald' a real tour de force is looming: Monday morning local time he is expected in Israel, where he will address the Knesset and meet the families of the hostages. On Monday afternoon he will fly to Sharm el-Sheikh for the signing ceremony. The UN will be represented by Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The EU will be represented by the President of the European Council Antonio Costa.
Italy will be represented by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The news of the invitation was anticipated by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, then confirmed by Palazzo Chigi. The Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will be accompanied by his Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, government sources said. Sanchez had celebrated the agreement between Israel and Hamas, sponsored by the United States, hoping it would be 'the beginning of a just and lasting peace'. In accordance with the two-state solution, Madrid recognised the State of Palestine in May 2024.
They will have to talk about the second phase of the Trump plan: the aim is to expand the Abraham Agreements of 2020, also bringing Iran, which was hit last June by Israel and the US in the so-called 12-Day War, closer. And indeed an invitation for Tehran has also gone out from Washington. "Despite being invited, Iran will not attend the peace summit" in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, an Iranian source reported. Tehran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said yesterday that Iran supports any action that leads to an end of Israeli attacks on Gaza, but warned of "serious doubts" about the possibility of a failure to commit to a ceasefire by Israel or the US.
