President Trump Participates in the Board of Peace Event

Board of Peace first meeting, Washington, D.C.

Addressing the first meeting of the Gaza Board of Peace that has been established at the United States’ initiative, US President Donald Trump said that he believes that all countries that were invited to become board members will accept.

Expectations for the first meeting

• The Board of Peace is currently focused on settling the conflict in the Gaza Strip, US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Michael Waltz said.
• However, in his words, it is flexible enough to also address other global challenges.
• The Board of Peace member countries, at their first meeting in Washington on February 19, will announce the allocation of more than $5 billion to restore the Gaza Strip, US President Donald Trump said on February 15.
• Member countries “have committed thousands of personnel to the International Stabilization Force and Local Police to maintain Security and Peace for Gazans,” he noted.
• The United States is expected to present a plan for Gaza restoration and the formation of an international stabilization force, Reuters reported.

Participants

• According to Reuters, representatives of at least 20 world nations will take part in the meeting.
• EU Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Suica will represent the European Union at the Board of Peace meeting, spokesman Guillaume Mercier said.
• Cyprus, Turkey, Italy, Israel will be represented by top diplomats, according to their foreign ministries.
• Poland and Greece will be represented by deputy foreign ministers.
• Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Romanian President Nicusor Dan, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, To Lam, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet have confirmed their participation.
• The Czech and Slovak foreign ministers, and two representatives of the Swiss foreign ministry will attend the Board of Peace meeting as observers.

About the organization

On January 22, representatives of 19 countries signed the charter establishing the Board of Peace for Gaza in a ceremony on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Along with US President Donald Trump, the leaders and representatives of Azerbaijan, Argentina, Armenia, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Hungary, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Morocco, Mongolia, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and self-proclaimed republic of Kosovo signed the document.

More than 50 countries will join the Board of Peace, Trump said after the ceremony.

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