An EU representative will attend the inaugural meeting of the “Peace Council” initiated by Trump
A European commissioner will participate this week in the inaugural meeting of the “Council for Peace”, an initiative recently launched by US President Donald Trump, without the European Union joining the new structure for the time being, the European bloc announced on Monday, AFP and Reuters report.
Trump recently signed the inaugural Charter for the Peace Council. PHOTO Profimedia
At the meeting scheduled for Thursday, the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Suica, will go to Washington to present the European position on the situation in the Gaza Strip, according to the two press agencies, quoted by Agerpres.
“She will participate in the meeting of the 'Peace Council' for the specific part dedicated to Gaza. The European Commission, I want to emphasize, does not become a member of the 'Peace Council''”, said Guillaume Mercier, spokesperson of the European Commission for the Mediterranean, enlargement, and international partnerships.
Initiated and led by Trump, the “Peace Council” was designed to end the conflict in the Gaza Strip, but its Charter entrusts it with a broader objective, that of resolving the world's military conflicts.
A “paid” version of the UN Security Council.
To join, each permanent member of the “Peace Council” must contribute $1 billion, prompting criticism that the new structure could become a “paid” version of the UN Security Council.
Brussels stressed in a press conference on Monday that it has “a number of questions” about the new initiative, particularly its “scope, governance and compatibility with the United Nations Charter”.
According to the eight-page text sent a few weeks ago to states “invited” to participate, “The 'Peace Council' is an international organization aimed at promoting stability, restoring reliable and legitimate governance and guaranteeing lasting peace in regions affected or threatened by conflicts.”
The text insists, among other things, on “the need for a more agile and effective international peace organization”.
Donald Trump will be the “first president” of the “Peace Council”, whose foreseen powers are extremely extensive: he will be the only one able to “invite” other heads of state and government to join the initiative and will be able to revoke the participation in the event of a “veto by a two-thirds majority of the member states”.
Each state exercises a mandate with a maximum duration of three years, with the exception of the member states that transfer at least 1 billion dollars to the accounts of the “Council for Peace” in the first year following the entry into force of the Charter, the text also mentioned, without making any other clarifications.
We remind you that President Nicușor Dan also announced on Sunday, February 15, that he will attend the Peace Council meeting in Washington next week, following the invitation sent by the US President, Donald Trump.
