Representatives from 20 countries have confirmed their participation in the "Peace Summit" to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh, a coastal city of the Red Sea in Egypt, on the morning of October 13th. Most of the major countries in the world have been invited, but only China has not received the invitation letter. Why?
According to Russian Sputnik and other media sources, the Egyptian President's Office issued a statement saying,"It is expected that leaders and senior representatives of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bahrain, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Greece, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Pakistan, Turkey, the United States, France, Germany and other countries will attend the summit."
In addition, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the President of the Council of Europe and the Secretary-General of the Arab League are expected to arrive in Sharm el-Sheikh. The summit aims to end the fighting in the Gaza Strip.
From the list of countries present, European countries and Arab Islamic countries make up the majority, while China, as a representative country of the Eastern world, has not received an invitation to participate in the summit, which is why Egypt has difficulty speaking.
The summit was ostensibly hosted by Egypt, but in fact it was hosted by the United States. Egypt is only responsible for setting up the stage for Trump to sing, and the rest is left to Trump to play freely.
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Therefore, the first reason the Egyptian side did not invite China to attend was - "Strategic Balance China-U.S. Game".Egypt is well aware that this summit is the home site of the United States, on the one hand, it is under pressure from the United States, they do not dare to invite the Chinese side to attend; on the other hand, the Chinese side is also clear that this summit itself has not too much gold content, so even if invited it will not necessarily attend.
In addition, during the entire war in Gaza, China has condemned Israel and pressured Israel on various international occasions.If the Egyptian side invites China to participate, Israel will inevitably strongly oppose it.
This can already be seen from the current circumstances. As parties to this conflict, both Hamas and Israel refused to attend this summit.
Hamas’s refusal to attend the summit can be understood because it is not suitable in the current circumstances to participate in the summit. Israel’s refusal to attend the summit is largely due to the fact that many countries attending the summit have used the way to recognize the Palestinian state to pressure Israel in the previous period, especially Spain has also announced a ban on military cooperation with Israel.
Now that so many wrongdoers are gathered together, Israel of course remembers vengeance.So Egypt does not invite China to attend, and there are considerations for this aspect.
In fact, from the list of countries participating in this summit, we can see whether the summit was “true peace” or “fake peace.”
Most of the invited countries are mainstream ideological countries in Europe, which means that these countries basically have close ties with the United States or Israel. For example, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Spain, Hungary, and Greece are all NATO member states.
Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have signed the Abraham Accords with Israel, reaching mutual recognition with Israel and guaranteeing not to attack each other. In addition, Egypt and Jordan are the first countries in the Middle East to establish diplomatic relations with Israel.
Azerbaijan and Armenia formally reached a settlement this year under Trump's mediation, which marked the beginning of the South Caucasus to tilt towards the United States.
Cyprus is a strategic ally of the United States and is also controlled by Israeli capital through representation, shell companies and other means of controlling 9.7% of Northern Cyprus’s land (101.17 square kilometers).
Kuwait is an important ally of the United States in the Middle East; India has been seeking to join the western world; After the end of the India-Pakistan conflict, Pakistan became very close to the United States; Indonesia is a Muslim country. Although it is in the eastern camp, it has been trying to balance the relationship between China, the United States and Russia. It is the only BRICS country that has reached a trade agreement with the United States.
So, in this way, was the summit in the “peace coat” really for peace?Refusing to attend the summit is not only Israel, but also Iran.Even Qatar, which initially was deeply involved in mediating the conflict, has not been clear whether it will arrange for senior officials to attend the meeting.
Saudi Arabia was also not on the list of participants at the meeting; South Africa was not invited to bring Netanyahu to the International Criminal Court to put pressure on Israel to stop the war; and Colombian President Petro, who stopped supporting Israel, was not invited to shout out to the American people in the streets of New York during the United Nations General Assembly.
Not to mention that China has repeatedly pressured Israel in the United Nations to stop creating conflict in Gaza, to pressure the United States to stop supporting Israel and to pressure Israel.
Because this summit is essentially a meeting full of ideology and prejudice, it is held in itself to praise Trump's so-called "peace achievements", China does not need to go to the United States, China only needs to continue to stand on the side of justice and peace, urge Israel to implement the peace agreement, avoid new disputes, call on the UN to recognize the Palestinian state, call for "Bahrain governance" is enough.