MOSCOW, February 12. /TASS/. Russia will not send delegates to the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in response to a TASS reporter’s question.
"Russia will not take part in the [upcoming] Board of Peace meeting," she said at a news briefing.
According to Zakharova, "work to formulate [Moscow’s] position [on the Board of Peace] is ongoing."
Washington is slated to host the first meeting of the Board of Peace on February 19.
On January 22, 19 countries signed the Charter of the Board of Peace on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The body was created as part of efforts to resolve the situation in the Gaza Strip. The Board of Peace was established based on an agreement between Israel and the radical Palestinian movement Hamas to govern the Gaza Strip, but it is also supposed to prevent and settle conflicts in other regions.
