Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has been invited by US President Donald Trump to join a board to supervise post-war Gaza, an offer he intends to accept, a senior aide told AFP on Saturday.
Trump has declared himself the chair of a Gaza “Board of Peace.” He has so far tapped former UK prime minister Tony Blair and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to fill senior roles, and asked the leaders of Egypt, Turkey and Argentina to take part.
The senior Canadian government official did not provide further details.
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Donald Trump has sent invites to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to join the so-called “Board of Peace” for Gaza.
Egypt is reviewing the invitation, the foreign minister said in a press conference on Saturday. The board is set to supervise the temporary governance of Gaza, which has been under a fragile ceasefire since October.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan was announced as one of the members of “Gaza Executive Board,” along with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
