U.S. President Donald Trump announced the formation of a Gaza “board of peace,” a key phase two element of a U.S.-backed plan to end the war in the Palestine.
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King Mohammed VI of Morocco accepted an invitation by President Donald Trump to join as a founding member of the U.S.-led Board of Peace, Morocco’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday (January 19, 2026).
Morocco welcomes the second phase of Trump’s comprehensive peace plan, as well as the official creation of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza as a temporary transitional body, the Ministry said in a statement.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday (January 15, 2026) announced the formation of a Gaza “board of peace,” a key phase two element of a U.S.-backed plan to end the war in the Palestine. The Board of Peace for Gaza comprises a group of countries that are being invited by the U.S. to provide a governance structure for the Gaza Strip, as Hamas is being pressured to give up its governance role in the territory as part of Mr. Trump’s peace plan.
France “does not intend to answer favourably” to an invitation to join the board a source close to President Emmanuel Macron told AFP on Monday (January 19, 2026).
Published – January 20, 2026 12:39 pm IST
