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Trump unveils a ‘Board of Peace’ with eight Muslim nations to oversee Gaza and global conflicts. Can it work amid rival interests and UN concerns?
Donald Trump launches the Board of Peace at Davos in Switzerland.
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Uttar Pradesh: Kanpur airport’s new terminal expansion plans unveiled, to offer mall, lounge and multiple other amenities for travellers US President Donald Trump has put eight Muslim countries on his Board of Peace. The invitation-only, exclusive club of these countries is aimed at resolving the conflicts of the world. It goes much beyond the present mandate of implementing the 20-point Gaza Peace Plan. From Pakistan to Indonesia and Saudi Arabia to Turkey, many of the member states have their own agenda and area of interest, which may be contradictory to their rival in the group. The moot question is: will they rise above their own interest and compromise on them to serve the general cause of the world as the UN Security Council is doing? How may they impact the geopolitics of the world, particularly the Middle East?
Muslim countries in Board of Peace
A group within the group seems to emerge at the very outset of the Board of Peace. The Foreign Ministers of the State of Qatar, the Republic of Turkey, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Republic of Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates issued a joint statement, welcoming the invitation extended to their leaders by Donald Trump, to join the Board of Peace.
(Donald Trump announces the Board of Peace at World Economic Forum in Davos.)
Within a few hours of the statement, the US president formally unveiled the Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum at Davos. He declared that the Palestinian extremist group Hamas must disarm, or it will do the same to “end them”. The board is expected to oversee the demilitarisation and rebuilding of the Gaza Strip. Will the Muslim countries participate in this exercise? To begin with, much before joining the Board of Peace, Islamabad has said in the most unequivocal terms that it would not send its troops to disarm the Palestinian group.
Pakistan in Board of Peace
After Donald Trump included Pakistan in the International Stabilization Force (ISF), Islamabad clarified that its troops would implement the humanitarian aspects of the peace plan, but they would not disarm Hamas. Palestine is a sensitive issue not only for Pakistan, but also for
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