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Switzerland absent from Egypt peace summit

Peace summit in Egypt: Switzerland will not be present
Peace summit in Egypt: Switzerland will not be present Keystone-SDA

Switzerland will not be present at the Egypt-hosted peace summit aimed at ending the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

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The summit will see more than 20 European heads of state, as well as Arab leaders, gather in Sharm El-Sheikh on Monday under the leadership of United States President Donald Trump and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al Sisi.

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“Switzerland is not among the states attending the summit,” a spokeswoman for the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) told Keystone-ATS.

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