Trump meets Palestinian president Abbas at Egypt summit

US President Donald Trump and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas pose for a photo, at a world leaders’ summit on ending the Gaza war. (Reuters)

• Brief chat at Gaza peace summit was first time the two leaders have met in eight years

SHARM EL-SHEIKH: US President Donald Trump met Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas at a summit on Gaza in Egypt on Monday, with the pair shaking hands in their first encounter in eight years.
Trump and Abbas spoke for several seconds, before the US leader held his hand and then gave a thumbs up to the cameras at the summit in Sharm El-Sheikh.
French President Emmanuel Macron escorted Abbas to the podium to meet Trump.