Carney still mulling ‘Board of Peace’ seat despite Trump’s invitation to Putin
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There are 'details' about Trump’s plans still to be worked out, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office said, before Canada commits to 'next steps.'
Prime Minister Mark Carney is still considering joining the U.S.-led “Board of Peace” for Gaza’s reconstruction despite the possible participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced late last week that he would create the board to oversee a new technocratic Palestinian government, as well as the disarmament of Hamas and the deployment of an international security force in Palestine.
Carney has been invited to sit on the board, as has Putin, whose regime continues to wage a war of invasion against Ukraine, and whose country is under significant Canadian economic sanctions over that conflict.
“There are still details needed to be appropriately worked out to formalize the next steps” of Canada’s involvement with Trump’s board, Audrey Champoux, a spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office, said on Monday.
Canadian officials travelling with Carney to Davos, Switzerland, told reporters that the board’s charter document is still “under discussion” and that “many terms and conditions are still being worked out.”
They added that Carney “indicated his intent” to accept the invitation to join the board to help influence those discussions “from within.”
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russia is “studying the details” of Trump’s proposal and is seeking clarity on “all the nuances.” It’s not clear when Putin’s invitation was offered. Officials said the matter was raised with Carney weeks ago.
Canada has supported Ukraine through more than a decade of fighting, after Russia first invaded and annexed the Crimean Peninsula in 2014. Since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of the country in 2022, Canada has pledged $6.5 billion in military assistance to Ukraine in addition to economic support, humanitarian and development assistance.
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