The presidency stated on Saturday that the summit aims to end the war on the Gaza Strip, strengthen efforts to achieve peace and stability in the Middle East, and open a new phase for regional security and stability.
The summit's agenda will also focus on several core issues, most notably consolidating the truce, ensuring the steady flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, and resuming peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis.
The summit meeting also reflects Trump's declared vision for achieving peace in the region and his ongoing efforts to resolve conflicts worldwide.
On Friday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed preparations for the summit, including coordination on implementing the first phase of the deal.
The French Presidency announced earlier that President Emmanuel Macron, who will participate in the summit, will discuss with regional partners the next steps for implementing the Gaza peace plan, and reaffirm France's support for the two-state solution and its commitment to long-term regional stability.
The summit follows the entry into force of a ceasefire on Friday, ending Israel's two-year genocidal war on Gaza. It comes after four days of intensive talks between Israel and Hamas in Sharm El-Sheikh.
According to a preliminary programme released to the Egyptian media, the summit will begin with a meeting between President El-Sisi and President Trump, followed by a plenary session with participating leaders and heads of state.
Following a group photo, El-Sisi and Trump will deliver statements outlining the summit's goals and the following steps to maintain peace and facilitate humanitarian relief operations in Gaza.
The programme also includes several bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit between various leaders and delegations, while other agenda items are still being finalised.
Meanwhile, the European Union (EU) stated that the President of the European Council, Antonio Costa, will participate in the summit, which, according to the EU, will include a signing ceremony where President Trump and the mediators will sign the agreement to end the war in Gaza.
The Sharm El-Sheikh Summit for Peace will see broad international participation, bringing together a distinguished group of world leaders and senior officials.
Preliminary confirmed attendees include US President Donald Trump, Jordan's King Abdullah II, Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al Gaber Al-Sabah, Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
Other big names include, so far, French President Emmanuel Macron, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al-Sudani.
Also attending are UAE Vice President Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Al-Busaidi, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, European Council President António Costa, India's Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh, and Japan's Ambassador to Cairo Fumio Iwai.
Hamas and other Palestinian factions won't attend the summit, nor will the Israeli side.
In another big surprise, despite early reports, Saudi Arabia seemed absent.
Similarly, the Iranian presidency announced that President Masoud Pezeshkian has declined an invitation from Egypt to participate in the summit.
No further details were provided about the reasons behind Tehran's decision. Nevertheless, there is unconfirmed news that the Iranian foreign minister will attend.
A history of peace talks in the City of Peace
Over the years, Sharm El-Sheikh has earned its reputation as a cornerstone of regional diplomacy and peacebuilding, frequently hosting summits that shaped the trajectory of Middle East negotiations.
The 1996 Summit of the Peacemakers was the first major international peace conference ever held in Sharm El-Sheikh, marking the city's emergence as a diplomatic hub.
One of the most significant was the 2005 Sharm El-Sheikh Summit, a pivotal meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, which formally ended the Second Intifada.
The summit marked a breakthrough, with both leaders committing to a mutual cessation of violence and reaffirming their adherence to the Roadmap for Peace — a plan envisioning the establishment of an independent Palestinian state living side by side with Israel in security.
As part of the summit's outcomes, Israel agreed to release 900 Palestinian prisoners and withdraw from several West Bank towns as goodwill measures to rebuild trust. Facilitated by Egypt and Jordan and supported by the Quartet on the Middle East (the United States, the European Union, the United Nations, and Russia), the meeting underscored Sharm El-Sheikh's enduring role as a platform for dialogue, de-escalation, and peace efforts. This legacy continues with this year's Sharm El-Sheikh Summit for Peace.
Twenty years later, many are hoping that the Sharm El-Sheikh Summit for Peace would be the start to put an end to the war on Gaza.
Since 7 October 2023, Israel's genocidal war on Gaza has left over 67,000 Palestinians dead and nearly 168,000 others wounded, mostly women and children.
Two years of Israeli carpet bombing destroyed most of Gaza's homes and infrastructure and displaced most of its 2.3 million population.
In tandem, an Israeli blockade on the entry of food, water, and medicine has plunged the population into famine, the first-ever in the Middle East.
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