French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L front) talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (R front) during an international summit on Gaza crisis, in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on January 18, 2009. The summit was co-chaired by Mubarak and Sarkozy. [Xinhua]

(From L to R) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, Turkish President Abdullah Gul, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Jordanian King Abdullah II, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa are seen at a press conference after an international summit on Gaza crisis on Gaza in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on January 18, 2009. [Xinhua]