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Milei, Erdogan Invited to Join Trump's Gaza 'Board of Peace'
Argentina’s Javier Milei and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan are among world leaders who have been invited to join Donald Trump’s so-called Board of Peace, as the US pushes ahead with its peace plan for the Palestinian enclave of Gaza.
The Argentine president on Saturday thanked Trump for the invitation, saying it would be an honor to join. Turkey’s president was also invited to be a founding member of the council, Burhanettin Duran, head of Erdogan’s Communications office, said on X. They would be joined by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has accepted the offer to participate, a senior Canadian official has said.
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Trump is trying to deliver on his 20-point plan for a sweeping and potentially decades-long transformation of Gaza, which has been largely destroyed over two years of war between Israel and Hamas. He announced the formation of the board on Thursday on social media, but didn’t say who was on it. “I can say with certainty that it is the Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place,” he said at the time.
As Hamas still retains control of almost half of Gaza and refuses to disarm, the prospect of a durable and prosperous peace is uncertain. The Iran-backed group is still to return the remains of the last hostage taken during the October 2023 attacks that triggered the conflict, a critical part of the first phase of the Trump proposal.
The Argentine president on Saturday thanked Trump for the invitation, saying it would be an honor to join. Turkey’s president was also invited to be a founding member of the council, Burhanettin Duran, head of Erdogan’s Communications office, said on X. They would be joined by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has accepted the offer to participate, a senior Canadian official has said.
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Trump is trying to deliver on his 20-point plan for a sweeping and potentially decades-long transformation of Gaza, which has been largely destroyed over two years of war between Israel and Hamas. He announced the formation of the board on Thursday on social media, but didn’t say who was on it. “I can say with certainty that it is the Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place,” he said at the time.
As Hamas still retains control of almost half of Gaza and refuses to disarm, the prospect of a durable and prosperous peace is uncertain. The Iran-backed group is still to return the remains of the last hostage taken during the October 2023 attacks that triggered the conflict, a critical part of the first phase of the Trump proposal.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-17/milei-erdogan-invited-to-join-trump-s-gaza-board-of-peace?srnd=homepage-americas
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