Europe is not mentioned in Trump’s peace plan, but there are two good reasons why several European leaders were nevertheless invited to the cease-fire meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, writes EU correspondent Karin Axelsson in this news analysis.
The Europeans have been completely left out. Now Trump wants them involved
Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, greets Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, while Britain's Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, and France's President, Emmanuel Macron, watch, as they all arrive at the peace summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, where Trump is hosting around 20 global leaders. Foto: Yoan Valat/Ritzau Scanpix
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Optimists point to the summit between world leaders in Sharm el-Sheikh, which was held Monday, as the beginning of a new peaceful chapter in the Middle East. Pessimists emphasize how much can still go wrong before there is peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
But with Monday’s hostage and prisoner exchanges playing out on screens worldwide, it is clear that the first points of Trump’s 20-point plan to end the war between Israel and Hamas have been fulfilled. The rest awaits.
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