WORLDWIDE INVITES
In Canada, a senior aide to Prime Minister Mark Carney mentioned he meant to simply accept Trump’s invitation, whereas in Turkey, a spokesman for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan mentioned he had been requested to grow to be a “founding member” of the board.
Egypt’s International Minister Badr Abdelatty mentioned Cairo was “learning” a request for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to hitch.
Sharing a picture of the invitation letter, Argentine President Javier Milei wrote on X that it might be “an honour” to take part within the initiative.
In an announcement despatched to AFP, Blair mentioned: “I thank President Trump for his management in establishing the Board of Peace and am honoured to be appointed to its Govt Board.”
Blair is a controversial determine within the Center East due to his function within the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Trump himself mentioned final 12 months that he wished to ensure Blair was an “acceptable option to everyone”.
Blair spent years targeted on the Israeli-Palestinian difficulty as consultant of the “Center East Quartet” – the United Nations, European Union, United States and Russia – after leaving Downing Avenue in 2007.
The White Home mentioned the Board of Peace will tackle points equivalent to “governance capacity-building, regional relations, reconstruction, funding attraction, large-scale funding and capital mobilisation”.
The opposite members of the board to date are World Financial institution President Ajay Banga, an Indian-born American businessman; billionaire US financier Marc Rowan; and Robert Gabriel, a loyal Trump aide who serves on the US Nationwide Safety Council.
On Saturday, the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad criticised the composition of the Board of Peace, saying it served Israel’s pursuits.
The board “got here in accordance with Israeli standards and to serve the pursuits of the occupation”, the group mentioned in an announcement.
