Norway refuses to join Trump’s Peace Board: Reason revealed
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Norway will not join the Peace Board of US President Donald Trump. This initiative does not align with the principles of the UN, Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik said in an interview with Aftenposten.
"It is completely clear that we cannot be part of a structure that challenges the role of the UN and existing international law. That would be absolutely impossible for us," Kravik said, commenting on the possibility of Norway joining the Peace Board.
According to him, membership in Trump’s Peace Board is also impossible for a number of other European countries that base their foreign policy on the UN and international law.
The official also added that he was surprised that the Peace Board had a statute covering not only long-term peace in Gaza.
"The proposal we received – to create a comprehensive body with a fairly broad mandate to work on peace and security issues, headed by the 'chairman Trump,' as referred to in the founding document – was completely unprepared for us," the Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister noted.
Trump’s Peace Board
Trump’s Peace Board is an international organization intended to oversee the resolution of armed conflicts and the restoration of governance in territories affected by wars or facing instability.
From the outset, the idea of the Peace Board arose in the context of ending the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip as a temporary body to monitor the implementation of a peace agreement, but it was later expanded to a global format.
Trump is set to become the Peace Board's first and lifelong chairman, with veto power over all decisions, control over the agenda and finances, and the authority to independently determine its membership and his successor.
Notably, Trump has already sent an invitation to Ukraine to participate in the Peace Board.
More on why the US leader is pursuing this initiative can be found in the RBC-Ukraine reports.
