CAIRO, Oct. 6 -- Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Qatar on Sunday issued a joint statement welcoming Hamas's steps toward the ceasefire plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump to end the war in the Gaza Strip.

According to the statement, the foreign ministers of the eight countries welcomed "the steps taken by Hamas regarding Trump's proposal to end the war in Gaza, release all hostages, alive or deceased, and the immediate launch of negotiations on implementation mechanisms," it said.

They further commended Hamas's announcement of "its readiness to hand over the administration of Gaza to a transitional Palestinian administrative committee of independent technocrats," emphas...