The acting President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, will attend this Saturday the international summit to be held in Egypt to address the current conflict in the Gaza Strip following the terrorist attack perpetrated by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) against Israel on last October 7, as announced by the Government.
The summit, called by the Egyptian president, Abdel Fattá al Sisi, will address the current situation in the region and the acute humanitarian crisis in Gaza, as well as the future of the Palestinian cause and the peace process, Moncloa stated in a statement, which frames this quote in the effort to “mobilize the international community with the aim of stopping the current spiral of violence and seeking solutions to the conflict.” The president will travel accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares.
Several leaders from the region as well as some Europeans are expected to attend Saturday’s meeting organized by the Egyptian president, Abdel Fattá al Sisi, and there has even been speculation that the American president, Joe Biden, who was already in attendance this Wednesday, could attend. Israel.
According to the Egyptian press, among those who have confirmed their attendance are the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Palestinian president, Mahmud Abbas, as well as the emirs of Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait, and the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, among others. , in addition to the Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres.
Likewise, according to Moncloa, other countries such as Germany, France or Italy have also been invited, at the European level, as well as Algeria and Morocco, in addition to China and Brazil.
Sánchez already spoke with Al Sisi this Tuesday and Albares also held a telephone conversation this Thursday with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, to talk about “the situation in Gaza and the region.”
“We must prevent the escalation of violence, protect the civilian population and guarantee the entry of humanitarian aid,” Albares defended in a message on the social network X (formerly Twitter). “We must work to reach a definitive peace solution,” he claimed.