Trump announces how much money the Peace Council will allocate for rebuilding the Gaza Strip
Donald Trump. Photo: CNP/ADM / Capital pictures / Profimedia
US President Donald Trump announced that the member countries of the Peace Council will announce at Thursday's meeting that they will allocate more than 5 billion dollars for reconstruction and humanitarian aid in Gaza, reports Reuters.
In a post on Truth Social, Donald Trump wrote that member countries have also pledged to send several thousand people for a local stabilization and police force under the auspices of the UN.
The Council's first meeting will be held on Thursday at the “Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace,” recently renamed by the State Department after the outgoing president. Delegations from more than 20 countries, including heads of state, are expected
The creation of the Council is provided for in a UN Security Council resolution as part of the Trump administration's plan to end the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.
Israel and Hamas agreed last year to a peace plan that began with a truce that took effect in October, although both sides have accused each other of repeatedly violating the terms of the cease-fire. According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, more than 590 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the ceasefire. Israel claims four of its soldiers were killed by Palestinian militants during the same period
While regional powers in the Middle East, including Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Israel, as well as emerging nations such as Indonesia joined the Council, global powers and traditional Western allies of the US were more cautious.
Nicușor Dan, among the participants in the meeting
Romania, through President Nicușor Dan, will participate as an observer at the first meeting of the Peace Council of American President Donald Trump, which will take place in Washington on February 19, the head of state announced on Sunday.
Nicușor Dan goes to Trump's Peace Council: “Romania will have observer status”
A similar decision was announced yesterday by Italy. It will likely attend the “Peace Council” as an observer, Rome's head of government, Giorgia Meloni, said on Saturday, as quoted by Bloomberg. “I believe that the presence of Italy and Europe is necessary, so I think we will respond positively to this invitation,” she said.
“Next week I will participate in the first meeting of the Peace Council in Washington, responding to the invitation of the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump. Romania will have observer status and I will reaffirm our firm support for international peace efforts and the openness to participate in the reconstruction process in the Gaza Strip,” Nicușor Dan said on his Facebook page.
The Romanian president specified that “the decision to be present at these discussions is based on the support of the diplomatic process established by the resolution adopted in November by the UN Security Council, initiated by the United States of America”.
“Romania permanently supported the need to identify a solution that would lead to the end of the conflict and provided support to the civilian population in the Gaza Strip, especially through emergency medical evacuation operations,” Nicușor Dan also said.
