As head of the Spanish Executive, even if he is in office pending an uncertain investiture, and above all as president of the Council of the European Union, Pedro Sánchez is determined to play a leading role in the efforts of the international community in order to curb the conflict between Israel and Hamas, and prevent its extension to the Middle East.
Thus, Sánchez will travel to Cairo tomorrow to participate in the summit on this crisis called by the president of Egypt, Abdul Fattah al-Sissi, as Moncloa revealed yesterday after several days of diplomatic preparations.
This summit plans to address the current situation in the region, in the face of the resurgence of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, "the acute humanitarian crisis" that is taking place in the Gaza Strip, as well as "the future of the Palestinian cause and the peace process", according to sources from the Central Executive.
"This is an effort to mobilize the international community with the aim of stopping the current spiral of violence and finding solutions to the conflict", they point out in Moncloa.
Even before the extraordinary meeting of the European Council took place on Tuesday, the Spanish president already held a telephone conversation with the Egyptian Al-Sissi, a key player in the region, determining for the arrival of humanitarian aid in the Gaza strip "the sooner the better", as Sánchez defends.
The acting president of the Spanish Government also contacted the King of Jordan, Abdullah II, on Wednesday. And just yesterday he spoke with the emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad. All of them, in Moncloa's opinion, "leaders who are playing a prominent role in achieving a de-escalation of the conflict and preventing it from spreading to the rest of the region".
Sánchez also had a dialogue yesterday with the Secretary General of the United Nations, the Portuguese António Guterres. With all of them, the Spanish leader advanced some of the issues that will be debated tomorrow at the Cairo summit.
Among those invited to the meeting are the European Union, in addition to Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, the United Kingdom, Norway, the USA, Canada, China, Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar, Turkey and Brazil. The UN and the Arab League, among other organizations, are also invited.
