Overview
- Officials from the United States, Turkey, Egypt, and Qatar held an online session on January 12 to prepare the plan’s second stage, according to Turkish Foreign Ministry sources.
- Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan took part in the talks, which continued discussions begun in late December in Miami.
- The Trump plan envisions temporary international administration in Gaza, a peace council chaired by the US president, and a mandate for international stabilization forces coordinated with Israel and Egypt.
- Implementation has been pushed back as parties trade accusations of ceasefire violations and have not agreed on the composition, mandate, or sequencing of any stabilization force.
- The UN Security Council endorsed the US-sponsored resolution in November with 13 votes in favor as Russia and China abstained, and UK media report that Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to join the proposed peace council with details possibly announced this week.