Months after the US-brokered ceasefire agreement was reached between Israel and Hamas, President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace members will meet for the first time at the US Institute of Peace in Washington on Thursday to discuss strategies and funding for the reconstruction of Gaza.
The group, launched on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum last month, is a proposed international transitional mechanism aimed at managing Gaza in the aftermath of prolonged conflict. Its core objective is to support stabilisation, reconstruction, and civilian governance while preventing a power vacuum.
Lauding the board’s “unlimited potential", Trump, its indefinite chairman, wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform: “The Board of Peace will prove to be the most consequential International Body in History."
The White House had formally invited 50 countries to join the Board of Peace. Approximately 26 countries have joined the Gaza Board of Peace as founding members of the board.
From Israel, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar will be attending the meeting.
While the European Union itself has stated that it will not be joining the board over concerns about its charter, it is sending its commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Suica, as an observer to Thursday’s meeting.
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Hungary, Bulgaria, Kosovo and Albania have joined as board members.
According to Al Jazeera, Italy, Cyprus, Greece and Romania confirmed they would send representatives as “observers". Romanian President Nicusor Dan, who also handles foreign policy, will attend in person.
US’s allies, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Bahrain, were among the first Arab states to agree to join last month, followed by Egypt. Later, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Jordan and Qatar also confirmed to join the meeting.
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