Morocco, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Bahrain accept Trump’s invite to join Gaza Board of Peace

Morocco, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Bahrain have all accepted President Trump’s invitation to join the Gaza Board of Peace, which will oversee a transition of power in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.Morocco’s foreign ministry announced Monday that King Mohammed VI accepted Trump’s invitation, Reuters reported.
“Morocco welcomes the second phase of Trump’s comprehensive peace plan, as well as the official creation of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, which will serve as a temporary transitional body,” the ministry stated.
The Kremlin announced earlier on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had received an invitation and that the proposal was being reviewed, expressing hope for future contacts with the U.S. over it.
According to reports from the Kazakh media outlet Tengri, Trump had also invited Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to join the board.
The White House has not confirmed Tokayev or Putin as official members of the board.
However, Kazakh Presidential press secretary Ruslan Zheldibay said Tokayev was one of the first world leaders to receive an official invitation to join the Peace council, “making Kazakhstan one of its founding states.”
“In response, the Head of State sent a letter to the president of the United States expressing sincere gratitude and confirming his agreement to join this new body,” Zheldibay said.
On Tuesday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed the agreement to join the board, stating that he looked forward to becoming a “founding member,” also according to Reuters.
Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that its country has accepted the invitation to join the board as a founding member.
Two unnamed sources told the wire service that Israel also received an invitation from the U.S. to join the board.
It has not been confirmed whether Israel will accept the invitation, and the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office did not respond to Reuters’s request for comment.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki also reportedly received an invitation to join the board.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that he has received an invitation to join the board, Russian news agency TASS reported on Tuesday.
Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik told the daily Aftenposten on Tuesday that Norway will not take part in the board as it is currently presented. The Norwegian foreign ministry did not immediately reply to Reuters’s request for comment.
The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday confirmed it would participate in the board.
Turkey and Qatar have also been invited to join the board, to which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has objected, the Jerusalem Post reported.
“Turkish or Qatari soldiers will not be in the Strip,” Netanyahu said Monday, referring to possible international peacekeeping forces in the Gaza Strip, if and when Israel’s war with Hamas in the region is officially over and rebuilding begins.
“We have a certain dispute with our friends in the United States regarding the composition of the advisory council that will accompany the processes in Gaza,” he added.
Under Trump’s 20-point peace plan, the Board of Peace will oversee the transition from Hamas leadership of Gaza and implement a new government.

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