MOSCOW (dpa-AFX) – According to the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin has received an invitation from the USA via diplomatic channels to take part in the so-called Peace Council for the Gaza Strip. “We are currently examining all the details of this offer, and we also hope to have contacts with the American side to clarify all the nuances,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, according to the Russian news agency Interfax. Russia maintains contacts with both Israel and the Palestinian leadership and the terrorist organization Hamas.
In Moscow, the invitation to join the committee planned by US President Donald Trump was also met with goodwill because Russia traditionally sees itself as an important player in the Middle East and pursues its own geopolitical interests there. In addition, Kremlin leader Putin sees himself as welcome on the international stage, regardless of his war of aggression against Ukraine.
Putin had also repeatedly welcomed Trump’s efforts to end Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. However, peace is not in sight there.
“Peace Council” and Executive Committee
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Egypt’s head of state Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Argentina’s President Javier Milei also received invitations to the “Peace Council”. The panel is part of the second phase of Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, which calls for a permanent end to the war and the disarmament of the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas, which it rejects.
The international body is supposed to oversee the new interim government of the coastal strip that was largely destroyed in the war between Hamas and Israel. Trump himself is in the chair. According to the White House, the committee includes, among others, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and US special envoy Steve Witkoff./mau/DP/tih