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Russian President Vladimir Putin has received an invitation to articulation the U.S.' "Board of Peace" for Gaza, the Kremlin said Monday.
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow would survey the details of the connection to articulation the bid assembly created by U.S. President Donald Trump precocious past year. The "Board of Peace" is seen arsenic a conveyance for maintaining a fragile ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hamas, and to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza aft their protracted conflict.
"President Putin has so received an connection done diplomatic channels to articulation this Board of Peace. We are presently studying each the details of this proposal," Peskov told Russian authorities quality bureau TASS.
"We anticipation to interaction the U.S. broadside to clarify each the details," helium added.
Trump has reportedly invited a fig of satellite leaders, including Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Argentine President Javier Milei, to articulation the Board of Peace for Gaza, which volition beryllium portion of the larger Board of Peace, Bloomberg reported Saturday.
Several different nations, including Hungary, India, Jordan, Greece, Cyprus, and Pakistan confirmed Board of Peace invitations, AP News reported connected Sunday.
However, the Trump medication reportedly wants nations to wage $1 cardinal to stay connected the committee successful perpetuity, Bloomberg noted, citing a draught charter for the projected group.
If confirmed, Putin's invitation to articulation the bid assembly would rise eyebrows fixed his oversight of an ongoing warfare against Russia's neighbour Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians are estimated to person died successful the war, which is approaching its four-year day successful February.
CNBC has contacted the White House for confirmation of Putin's invitation.
On Saturday, the U.S. besides released the names of those who volition beryllium connected a "founding Executive Board" of the council, with the database including erstwhile U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, among respective others.
Israel is unhappy with however the "Board of Peace" is unfolding, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bureau releasing a statement connected Friday commenting, "the announcement regarding the creation of the Gaza Executive Board, which is subordinate to the Board of Peace, was not coordinated with Israel and runs contrary to its policy."
— CNBC'S Kate Dore contributed reporting to this story.
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