SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s role in brokering the landmark Gaza peace agreement, calling it a decisive step toward ending years of bloodshed and paving the way for a lasting peace in the Middle East.
In a post on the social media platform X after arriving in Sharm el-Sheikh to attend the deal’s signing ceremony, Sharif expressed gratitude to co-hosts Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and President Trump, crediting the American leader’s “outstanding leadership and unwavering commitment” for bringing the warring sides to an agreement.
“Grateful to our co-hosts, President El Sisi and President Trump. We would not have seen this moment without President Trump’s outstanding leadership and unwavering commitment,” Sharif said. “It took his single-minded pursuit of peace to end the needless killing and destruction,” he wrote.
The Pakistani leader described the accord as the “closing of a genocidal chapter” in Gaza’s history and urged the international community to ensure such atrocities “are never repeated anywhere again.”
“Today’s ceremony marks the closing of a genocidal chapter, one that the international community must ensure is never repeated anywhere again,” he added.
Sharif reaffirmed Pakistan’s long-standing position on the Palestinian issue, saying the Palestinian people deserve to live freely in a state based on pre-1967 borders, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif (Jerusalem) as its capital.
The Sharm el-Sheikh summit — co-chaired by Trump and Sisi — marks the first phase of the U.S.-led Gaza peace plan, which includes a full ceasefire, the release of hostages and prisoners, and large-scale humanitarian access to the enclave.
“The brave and resilient Palestinian people deserve to live in a free Palestine, with pre-1967 borders, with Al Quds Al Sharif as their capital city,” said Sharif .
