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US President Donald Trump is expected to recreation to nan Middle East to participate successful a signing ceremonial of nan Gaza bid woody successful Egypt, perchance marking nan extremity of nan two-year bloody Israel-Hamas war, according to media reports.
During nan trip, Trump is first scheduled to sojourn Israel connected Monday, wherever a gathering pinch Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and an reside to nan Knesset, Israel's parliament, are planned.
According to Israeli media reports, Trump is apt to meet pinch nan families of hostages, while Egyptian media reports that preparations are underway to invited Trump connected Monday.
The US president's planned travel to nan Middle East follows his announcement early Thursday that Israel and Hamas had agreed to nan first shape of a ceasefire statement successful Gaza.
The woody was made nationalist pursuing lengthy negotiations successful nan Egyptian edifice metropolis of Sharm el-Sheikh, wherever Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner, on pinch mediators from Qatar and Egypt, pushed Israel and Hamas to a ceasefire.
Preparations underway for Egypt Summit
On Saturday, Egyptian authorities sources said Trump will beryllium received successful nan Red Sea City of Sharm El Sheikh by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to participate successful a signing ceremonial on pinch nan different guarantors of nan Gaza bid deal.
An Egyptian authorities connection said Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed preparations for nan Sharm El-Sheikh acme successful a telephone call.
According to nan statement, some sides explored nan latest location developments, ongoing efforts to put an extremity to nan Gaza war, and nan implementation of nan first shape of nan precocious announced ceasefire agreement.
Noting that nan woody gives nan group of nan region, peculiarly nan Palestinian people, hope, nan Egyptian Foreign Minister emphasised nan value of carrying retired nan statement connected nan crushed passim some nan first and 2nd stages.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described nan upcoming Sharm El-Sheikh acme arsenic a unsocial historical event, nan Egyptian connection said.
Regional and EU leaders group to be nan summit
Meanwhile, leaders aliases overseas ministers from Germany, Spain, France, nan UK, Italy, Qatar, nan UAE, Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Indonesia are expected to participate successful nan acme successful Egypt adjacent week.
In Germany, media reports showed connected Saturday that Chancellor Friedrich Merz had "gratefully accepted" nan invitation to be nan acme expected to return spot connected Monday.
Merz said connected nan telephone pinch Egyptian President al-Sisi connected Friday, thanking him for his "mediation to extremity nan warfare successful Gaza" and praising his domiciled arsenic big of nan bid negotiations, according to authorities spokesperson Stefan Kornelius.
In Spain, nan nationalist broadcaster reported Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will connected Monday be nan signing ceremonial of nan statement to extremity nan warfare successful Gaza, while Italy's Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, told reporters connected nan sidelines of a gathering successful Florence that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had been invited to nan summit.
Other European leaders, specified arsenic those of France and nan UK, are expected to participate successful nan bid pact ceremonial arsenic governing powers, while it remains unclear whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attend.
Although uncertainty remains astir immoderate of nan thornier aspects of nan bid treaty, Trump connected Friday expressed assurance that nan ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hamas will hold.
According to Trump's plan, Israel would proceed to person an unfastened subject beingness wrong Gaza on its Israeli border, and an world force, comprised mostly of troops from Arab and Muslim countries, would beryllium responsible for information wrong Gaza, while nan US would lead a monolithic internationally funded reconstruction effort successful nan war-torn enclave.
Analysts expect nan summit, pinch its world backing, to adhd much momentum and bring last clarity to nan bid deal, particularly pinch nan challenging aspects of post-conflict security, governance, and reconstruction still pending.
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