DAVOS: US President Donald Trump formally launched the first charter of his Gaza “Board of Peace” in a signing ceremony during the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday.
The body, to be chaired by Trump, is set to oversee the transitional governance and rebuilding of Gaza as the fragile ceasefire agreement enters its second phase, though the president said he wants it to address wider global conflicts.
The ceremony was attended by representatives from 19 countries, mostly Arab and Islamic nations that have signed the charter, including Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi, and Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani.
Egypt said President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi had accepted Trump’s invitation to join but he was not on stage.
Representatives from Morocco, Turkiye and Bahrain were also among the attendees, as regional founding members voiced support for the Trump-led peace effort and pledged to back the board’s mission to bring lasting peace to Gaza after two years of fighting that killed more than 71,000 people and left the enclave in ruins.
