- Slovakia received an offer to join President Trump’s Peace Council.
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic is currently evaluating the offer.
- About 60 countries are invited to the council, it is supposed to resolve conflicts, including the Gaza Strip.
Slovakia received an offer to join US President Donald Trump’s Peace Council a few days ago, the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the SR Juraj Blanár (Smer-SD) said on Saturday. He added that the Department of Diplomacy is currently evaluating the offer. TASR was informed about this by the communication department of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (MFA) of the Slovak Republic.
“The Slovak Republic was approached through the United States Embassy in Bratislava to join the Peace Council already on Tuesday this week,” said Blanár. He added that the ministry is currently “evaluating the delivered founding documents, because it has to assess the connections with national legislation and international obligations”.
“We welcome any peace initiative that can bring real results, as the American administration under the leadership of Donald Trump managed to do, for example, between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the peace plan in the Gaza Strip or the currently ongoing negotiations between the Ukrainian and Russian parties,” added the head of Slovak diplomacy.
Trump established the Peace Council by signing its charter on Thursday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. He invited approximately 60 countries to join it, while Hungary and Bulgaria are its only members from the EU. Other signatories include, for example, Argentina, Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Trump initially proposed the new council, saying it would oversee the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip after the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Later the US President indicated that its goals could be extended to address conflicts and crises around the world, not just in the Gaza Strip. In this context, Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez pointed out that Trump did not include the Palestinian Authority in the Peace Council. He declined the invitation.
