Overview
- Egyptian foreign minister Badr Abdelatty spoke with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov to review a U.S.-backed draft on security arrangements for the Gaza Strip.
- Abdelatty urged an urgent Council decision to lock in a durable ceasefire and reaffirmed Egypt’s September ceasefire plan.
- Egypt is preparing an international conference focused on early recovery and reconstruction efforts in Gaza.
- Russia said negotiations also cover its own proposals, and both sides stressed that any settlement must rest on established international legal principles.
- According to unnamed diplomatic sources, the United States is pressing for Council endorsement of a “Board of Peace” transitional authority for Gaza to be chaired by President Donald Trump.