US EditionChina invited to join Trump's 'Board of Peace'
China acknowledged receiving the US invitation to join Trump’s Board of Peace, a group aiming to oversee Gaza reconstruction and conflict resolution, with $1 billion securing permanent membership.
- On Jan 20, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said, `China has received the invitation from the United States` to join President Donald Trump's Board of Peace.
- The White House last week announced the Board of Peace to support the 20-point Comprehensive Plan for Gaza, with its charter not clearly limiting its scope to Palestinian territory.
- Washington has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to join the board, with Trump chairing and retaining veto power; Bloomberg reported $1 billion grants permanent membership.
- Governments have reacted cautiously to the invitations, with diplomats warning the initiative could undermine the United Nations, while earlier this week the presidents of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Belarus accepted as founding members.
- The initiative would kick off by addressing the Gaza conflict and then expand to other situations, while Chinese officials say China–US ties have remained largely steady over the past year amid a recent trade truce.
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India yet to take call on joining Trump's Board of Peace
New Delhi: India is yet to take a call on US President Donald Trump‘s invitation to be part of the “Board of Peace” that will work towards bringing lasting peace to Gaza and possibly resolve global conflicts, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, January 21. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is among the numerous global leaders that the US President has invited to join the Board that was unveiled under the second phase of a ceasefire agr…
The Asian country's government has not yet confirmed whether or not it has accepted the call from the President of the United States
Donald Trump's latest advance will shake his head around the world. With a self-appointed "peace council", the US President intends to resolve conflicts in the future, but the list of invited heads of state reads for many critics like the "Liga of the Super villains".
The strong vice-president in the Chamber: "It is a non-democratic body. Trump stands above the UN Security Council with an absolute power of veto."
Lukashenko agrees to join Trump’s Peace Council
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday, January 20, signed a document to join the “Peace Council”, a body created by US President Donald Trump to help broker a settlement in the Gaza Strip and around the world, reported Belarusian state news agency BelTA. The Telegram channel “Pul Pervogo,” which is close to Lukashenko’s press service, posted a photo of the document. In it, an address to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio states that B…
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