Overview

• In a hallway clip at the summit, Recep Tayyip Erdogan tells Giorgia Meloni, “You look great. I need to get her to quit smoking,” as Emmanuel Macron laughs.
• The video amassed millions of views on X and TikTok within hours, drawing both praise and criticism of the tone.
• Italian daily Corriere della Sera called the exchange “a moment of awkward levity” during tense negotiations.
• Ankara and Rome issued no formal statements, while a Turkish presidential communications adviser described the moment as sincere and personal.
• The Egypt-hosted gathering sought to consolidate an Israel–Hamas ceasefire and discuss Gaza security, with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi praising U.S. mediation and noting the absence of Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas representatives.