British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will today attend a landmark peace summit in Egypt, marking a historic turning point for the region following two years of conflict and bloodshed in Gaza.

Axar.az informs according to PM's office, to address the immediate humanitarian issues facing the civilian population of Gaza, the Prime Minister will announce £20 million of UK aid to ensure water, sanitation and hygiene services reach tens of thousands of civilians across Gaza.

“Today is the first, crucial phase of ending this war and now we must deliver the second phase, in full,” Starmer was expected to say at the summit, according to the Downing Street press release.

The Prime Minister is also expected to set out that the UK will play a leading role in the next phase of the peace plan, as back home the UK hosts a three-day conference on Gaza’s recovery and reconstruction.

The conference will be attended by a range of international partners including Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority, as well as private sector and international development finance and financiers, including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank.

Discussions will also cover efforts to support the Palestinian Authority’s own transformation and reform programme to ensure it can support Gaza’s recovery.

Egypt will host an international peace summit in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday, co-chaired by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his US counterpart Donald Trump.

According to the official Egyptian News Agency, leaders and officials from 27 countries, including President Ilham Aliyev, are set to take part in the summit.