Three Qatari diplomats were killed in a car accident on Saturday while en route to Egypt’s resort in Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea. Health officials gave this information.
Two other diplomats were injured when their vehicle overturned about 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Sharm el-Sheikh, officials said. The diplomats, part of Qatar’s protocol team, were visiting the city ahead of a high-level summit to celebrate a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Qatar had brokered the ceasefire agreement with Egypt and the US. Turkiye also attended talks held in Sharm el-Sheikh earlier this month. Hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners were released after the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into force.
Sharm el-Sheikh will host the summit and will be co-chaired by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi and US President Donald Trump, according to a statement issued by the Egyptian presidency.
The statement said that this summit will be attended by more than two dozen world leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.