The Cairo International Peace Summit concluded - today, Saturday - without issuing a final statement, and the Egyptian presidency issued a statement instead.

The Arab countries represented at the summit agreed to the Egyptian statement, which called for an “immediate cessation” of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, which has entered its third week.

Agence France-Presse said that the Western countries participating in the conference demanded a clear condemnation of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and “holding it responsible for the escalation and the release of those kidnapped by the movement,” which prevented the issuance of a final statement.

Major Western leaders were also absent from the summit, making expectations for the summit's outcomes modest.

The American side (the main supporter of Israel in its war on Gaza) was represented by the acting American ambassador to Egypt, and German Chancellor Olaf Schulz, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and French President Emmanuel Macron did not attend.