ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is set to attend the international peace summit in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh city on Monday to formalise the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on Sunday.
PM Sharif will be attending the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit at the invitation of the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and US President Donald Trump. Besides participating in the Peace Summit, PM Sharif will also attend the signing ceremony of the peace agreement aimed at ending the prevailing grave situation in Gaza, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated.
The Prime Minister will be accompanied by Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and other senior ministers during the visit.
The Sharm El-Sheikh Summit is the result of the diplomatic efforts that began on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly’s 80th Session in New York last month.
PM Sharif, along with the leaders of seven Arab-Islamic countries, including Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Indonesia, and Turkiye, attended a summit-level meeting with President Trump on 23 September to explore avenues for achieving peace in Gaza.
Through a joint statement, the eight Arab-Islamic countries welcomed President Trump’s efforts to achieve peace and reaffirmed their joint commitment to work with the United States to achieve a comprehensive and sustainable ceasefire and to address the critical humanitarian conditions in Gaza.
PM Sharif’s participation in the Summit reflects Pakistan’s historic, consistent, and unwavering support for the just cause of the Palestinian people for their right to self-determination as well as for achieving lasting peace and stability in the region.
“Pakistan hopes that the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit will pave the way for full Israeli withdrawal, protection of Palestinian civilians, an end to their displacement, release of prisoners, addressing of the prevailing grave humanitarian situation, as well as reconstruction of Gaza,” Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated.
“Pakistan also hopes that such efforts will contribute to a credible political process aimed at achieving an independent, viable, and contiguous State of Palestine, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, based on pre-1967 borders, in line with relevant UN resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reaffirmed.
