Gaza peace summit

The Gaza peace summit, also known as the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit, was a diplomatic meeting held on 13 October 2025 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, following an agreement to implement the first phase of the Gaza peace plan to end the Gaza war which began in 2023. Representatives from around 30 countries attended the summit, which was co-chaired by presidents Donald Trump of the United States and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, although representatives for Israel and Hamas were absent.

Infobox

Host country

Egypt

Date

13 October 2025

Cities

Sharm El Sheikh

Venue

Sharm El Shaikh International Convention Centre

Chair

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Donald Trump

Tables

Key · Attendees

Summit co-chair

· Attendees

State		Represented by	Title
	Armenia	Nikol Pashinyan	Prime Minister
	Azerbaijan	Ilham Aliyev	President
	Bahrain	Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa	King
	Canada	Mark Carney	Prime Minister
	Cyprus	Nikos Christodoulides	President
	Egypt	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi	President
	France	Emmanuel Macron	President
	Germany	Friedrich Merz	Chancellor
	Greece	Kyriakos Mitsotakis	Prime Minister
	Hungary	Viktor Orbán	Prime Minister
	India	Kirti Vardhan Singh	Minister of State for External Affairs
	Indonesia	Prabowo Subianto	President
	Iraq	Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani	Prime Minister
	Italy	Giorgia Meloni	Prime Minister
	Japan	Fumio Iwai	Ambassador
	Jordan	Abdullah II	King
	Kuwait	Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah	Prime Minister
	Netherlands	Dick Schoof	Prime Minister
	Norway	Jonas Gahr Støre	Prime Minister
	Oman	Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi	Minister of Foreign Affairs
	Pakistan	Shehbaz Sharif	Prime Minister
	Palestine	Mahmoud Abbas	President
	Paraguay	Santiago Peña	President
	Qatar	Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani	Emir
	Saudi Arabia	Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud	Minister of Foreign Affairs
	Spain	Pedro Sánchez	Prime Minister
	Turkey	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	President
	United Arab Emirates	Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan	Vice President
	United Kingdom	Keir Starmer	Prime Minister
	United States	Donald Trump	President

· Attendees

Organisation		Represented by	Title
	Arab League	Ahmed Aboul Gheit	Secretary General
	European Union	António Costa	European Council President
	FIFA	Gianni Infantino	President
	United Nations	António Guterres	Secretary General

References

Axios
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/10/trump-gaza-summit-egypt-world-leaders
The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-netanyahu-pardon-knesset-speech-b2844313.html
"Trump salutes mega donor Miriam Adelson for help shaping US decisions on Israel"
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-salutes-mega-donor-miriam-adelson-help-shaping-us-decisions-israel-2025-10-13/
Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/rapturously-received-in-the-knesset-trump-tells-israel-it-won-the-war-now-its-time-for-peace/
The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/official-30-countries-to-attend-egypt-summit-gaza-stabilization-reconstruction-on-agenda/
State Information Service
https://sis.gov.eg/en/media-center/events/sharm-el-sheikh-peace-summit/
BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4pllm1r7wo
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/world/middleeast/gianni-infantino-fifa-trump.html
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/11/donald-trump-and-abdel-fattah-al-sisi-to-chair-gaza-peace-summit
The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-declines-invitation-to-attend-summit-in-egypt/
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/13/donald-trump-egypt-peace-summit-abdel-fattah-al-sisi
Axios
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/13/netanyahu-gaza-peace-summit-trump-sisi
Ynetglobal
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bynvhs56xe
"Israel's Netanyahu won't attend Egypt summit on ending Gaza war"
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/netanyahu-attend-gaza-war-summit-egypt-2025-10-13/
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/13/trump-invite-netanyahu-gaza-summit-aborted-erdogan-warning
"Trump Touts 'Very Important Signing,' but Details Are Few"
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/world/middleeast/summit-document-details.html
"Trump, world leaders gather in Egypt for ceasefire deal signing with Netanyahu absent"
https://abcnews.go.com/International/trump-world-leaders-gather-egypt-ceasefire-deal-signing/story?id=126477199
"LIVE: After Israel-Hamas prisoner swap, world leaders sign Gaza deal"
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/10/13/live-israel-hamas-set-to-free-captives-trump-says-gaza-war-is-over
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/the-trump-declaration-for-enduring-peace-and-prosperity/