2023-10-20 20:54:23
File image of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during his speech before the UN General Assembly in New York, USA. September 21, 2023 (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will attend the Cairo peace summit on Saturday, an official source told Archyde.com.
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Egypt plans to host an international conference on Saturday to discuss the escalating war between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas in Gaza, amid growing fears of a broader war in the Middle East. But the absence of a top official from Israel’s main ally, the United States, and some other leaders has dampened expectations about what he can achieve.
The Cairo Peace Summit, hastily convened while the conflict is still ongoing, will bring together several Arab and European heads of state and government, along with foreign ministers.
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In addition to Abbas, the list of attendees expected so far at the Cairo Peace Summit includes: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi; Jordanian King Abdullah; the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa; the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani.
The French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, have confirmed their presence at the meeting, in which the Palestinian-Israeli issue will be discussed, according to Arab News.
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US President Joe Biden was scheduled to travel to Amman, Jordan, to meet with Jordanian King Abdullah II, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. However, the meeting was canceled when Biden was already on his way to Israel.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with the president of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo (EFE/EPA/SIMON WALKER / NO 10 DOWNING STREET)
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo on Friday and stressed the need for aid to be allowed into Gaza and for Hamas and Israel to avoid civilian casualties in their conflict, the office said. Sunak.
“The Prime Minister expressed his deepest condolences for the loss of civilian life in Gaza…The leaders agreed on the need for all parties to take action to protect civilians,” Sunak’s office said in a statement after the meeting.
“(The leaders) condemned Hamas terrorism and emphasized that Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people. “The Prime Minister underlined his commitment to opening humanitarian access to Gaza,” the statement added.
Egyptian President Abdul Fatah El Sisi made his harshest statements to date on Wednesday, saying that the goal of the current war is not only to combat Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, “but also an attempt to force the civilian inhabitants to… emigrate to Egypt.” He warned that this could ruin peace in the region.
The king of Jordan gave a similar message a day earlier, stating: “There will be no refugees in Jordan, there will be no refugees in Egypt.”
Sisi also maintained that a mass exodus of Palestinians to his country would generate the risk that members of Hamas would arrive in the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula, from where they could attack Israel, putting at risk the peace treaty between both nations reached 40 years ago. .
(With information from Archyde.com and AP)
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