The launch of the Peace Council was planned any time ago at 10:00 a.m. local time, i.e. at 4:00 p.m. in Poland. The venue for the inaugural gathering will not be the White home and the Donald Trump Peace Institute located at the State Department.
Launch of the Peace Council: subject and participants
According to CNN, representatives of Indonesia, Romania, Argentina, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Pakistan, Hungary, Cambodia, Egypt, Armenia, Albania, Turkey, Bulgaria and Israel announced their presence. Until the end it was not known who else would join – at least 15 countries were waiting for confirmation.
Some countries specified as the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy and Poland will be there only as observers.
After part of the "official" inauguration, where not only Trump's speeches were planned, but besides the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, advisor and son-in-law of president Jared Kushner, members will begin discussions on the plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip. Trump was besides scheduled to disclose details of a $5 billion relief program for this territory.
However, many participants are inactive not certain precisely how the first gathering will go. In talks with CNN, they were most frequently called "the expert".
Poland's participation. A handyman flew to Washington.
The subject of Poland's participation in the Peace Council caused many tensions and verbal skirmishes on the President-Prime Minister line. In the present circumstances and conditions, Tusk does not supply for participation in the Council. And Nawrocki had a very different opinion about it.
In the end, it was decided that at Thursday's gathering Poland was represented by Minister from the Chancellery of the President, head of the global Policy Office Marcin Przycz. He himself argued that he wanted to attend the Peace Council gathering due to the good Polish-American and transatlantic relations.
What's up with the Council of Peace?
Recall: Donald Trump announced the establishment of the Peace Council on 15 January in Davos and presented it from the beginning as a tool to watch over the implementation of the 20-point peace plan prepared in the White House. The announcement shows that the Council is to execute respective roles simultaneously. Firstly, it is to oversee the implementation of the plan's findings, namely to check whether further points are being implemented and where delays or disputes arise.
The Council's mandate besides provides for the mobilisation of funds. The aim is to bring about specifics: who pays for what, what times and conditions, and then to guarantee that the announcements do not end at conferences and communications.
The last component is politically the most inflammatory. The Council is besides expected to settle disputes about Gaza's reconstruction and security, which is to enter into areas where the interests of the states collide, public force and questions about who is liable for safety and control of the reconstruction process.
