Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan: Leaders Invited to Council

A senior aide to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Carney planned to accept Trump’s invitation, while a spokesman for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he had been asked to become a “founding member” of the board.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatiyah said Cairo is considering a request for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to join the council.

Argentine President Javier Milei wrote on the “X” platform that he would be honored to participate in this initiative.

Trump on Friday appointed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair as founding members of the Gaza Strip “peace council”.

Trump, who will chair the council himself, named his special envoy Steve Witkoff, his son-in-law Jared Kushner and World Bank President Ajay Bang among its seven founding members, the White House said in a statement.

Trump announced the creation of a “peace council” on Thursday, a key element of the second phase of the US-backed Gaza peace plan. “I can say with certainty that it is the greatest and most prestigious council that has ever been created, at any time, in any place,” Trump declared.