MOSCOW: Russia questioned on Thursday how US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace would work with the United Nations Security Council, which has served as the fulcrum of collective international peacemaking since the end of World War Two. Trump first proposed the board in September, when he unveiled his plan to end Israel’s war in Gaza. Later, he said its remit would expand to tackle other conflicts globally — efforts traditionally overseen by the United Nations. The United States is the only permanent member of the United Nations Security Council to have joined the board.

Director of the Russian foreign ministry’s international organizations department Kirill Logvinov recalled that the inaugural meeting of the US President Donald Trump-led Board of…

MOSCOW: Russia questioned on Thursday how US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace would work with the United Nations Security Council, which has served as the fulcrum of…