New Delhi: India is set to be represented by Kirti Vardhan Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs, at the Sharm el-Sheikh Gaza peace summit being hosted by US President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Monday.

Singh will travel for the peace conference after Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a last-minute invite from both Trump and Sisi. The conference will be jointly chaired by the two presidents, as the ceasefire negotiated by the US between Israel and Hamas came into effect Friday.

The two-year war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas is moving towards a conclusion. Hamas has agreed to release the remaining hostages held captive, while Israeli forces are withdrawing to agreed areas under Trump’s ceasefire plan announced last month. Hamas will start rele

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