India attended the inaugural meeting of the US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace on Gaza as an “observer” country on Thursday.
As per the list of attendees at the meeting held at the Donald J Trump Institute of Peace, India was represented by Chargé d’affaires at the Indian Embassy in Washington, DC, Namgya Khampa.
The board of Peace has been set up by the US President Donald Trump for the redevelopment of the Gaza Strip
In the meeting, Trump announced that the US will commit $10 billion to the Board, whose members include 27 nations such as Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Hungary, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi was among the several global leaders invited by the US President to join the board that was announced under the second phase of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
India was one of the nations absent from the January 22 ceremony in Davos where Trump introduced the Board of Peace, an initiative that seeks at pursuing durable peace in Gaza and possibly address other global disputes.
The Board of Peace is widely viewed as a rival to the UN. Trump has previously suggested that the Board of Peace “might” replace the UN, arguing that the organisation has fallen short of its intended role.
