ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump presented a 21-point peace plan to end the Gaza war in a meeting with Arab and Muslim leaders this week, his envoy said on Wednesday.
President Trump met leaders from several Muslim-majority countries during a meeting held on the sidelines of the annual General Assembly on Monday where he said he would work “very hard” to end something that “should have not started.”
According to US special envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump had detailed a "21-point plan for peace in the Mideast and Gaza" in Tuesday's meeting with a group of leaders from Arab and Muslim nations.
PM Sharif was also part of the meeting.
"We're hopeful, and I might say even confident, that in the coming days we'll be able to announce some sort of breakthrough," Witkoff told a summit on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
Witkoff, who has been involved in months of mediation efforts seeking an end to the nearly two-year war, said the plan "addresses Israeli concerns as well as the concerns of all the neighbors in the region," he said, without elaborating on the 21 points.
A joint statement from the governments represented in Tuesday's meeting said the leaders had "reiterated their commitment to cooperate with President Trump, and stressed the importance of his leadership to end the war."
According to a statement issued by the Foreign Office, the meeting was also attended by Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Jordan’s King Abdullah, Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto, Egypt’s Prime Minister Moustafa Kamal Madbouly, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and KSA Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud.
“They reiterated the common position rejecting forced displacement and the need to allow the return of those who left,” the joint statement issued by the foreign office said.
“They emphasized the need to work out details of a plan for stabilization, while ensuring stability in the West Bank and Jerusalem’s Holy Sites,” it added.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said later Israel was not bound by a wave of recognitions of the State of Palestine, including by Australia, Britain, Canada, and France.
"The shameful capitulation of some leaders to Palestinian terror does not obligate Israel in any way. There will be no Palestinian state," he said.
