ISLAMABAD: On the invitation of President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and President of the United States Donald Trump, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif will visit Egypt on Monday to participate in the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit and attend the signing ceremony of the peace agreement aimed at ending the prevailing grave situation in Gaza.
The prime minister will be accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and other senior ministers during the visit.
According to the Foreign Office, the Sharm El-Sheikh Summit is the result of diplomatic efforts that began on the sidelines of UN General Assembly’s 80th session in New York last month.
The Prime Minister of Pakistan, along with the leaders of seven Arab-Islamic countries, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Indonesia, and Türkiye, attended a summit-level meeting with the President of the United States on 23 September 2025 to explore avenues for achieving peace in Gaza.
Through a joint statement, these 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.
The prime minister’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 grave humanitarian situation as well as reconstruction of Gaza.
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.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will chair the Gaza peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh set to be attended by world leaders, including the head of the UN. The gathering in the Red Sea resort town will bring together “leaders from more than 20 countries”, Sisi’s office said.
It will seek “to end the war in the Gaza Strip, enhance efforts to achieve peace and stability in the Middle East, and usher in a new era of regional security”.
On Sunday, the Egyptian foreign ministry said a “document ending the war in the Gaza Strip” was expected to be signed during the “historic” gathering. The summit was aimed at inaugurating “a new chapter of peace and security and alleviating the suffering of the Palestinian people” in Gaza, it said in a statement. The European Council will be represented by its president, Antonio Costa, a spokesperson said.
The plan for Gaza “offers a real chance to build a just and sustainable peace, and the EU is fully committed to supporting these efforts and contributing to its implementation”, the spokesperson added.
Hossam Badran, a Hamas political bureau member, told AFP in an interview that the Palestinian militant group “will not be involved”. Hamas “acted principally through Qatari and Egyptian mediators” during previous talks on Gaza, he said.
