Only two countries have provided financial support for Trump’s “Peace Council”
11 April 14:18
Of the nine countries that pledged to contribute funds to the ” Peace Council” established by U.S. President Donald Trump , only the UAE, Morocco, and the United States itself have actually done so, Reuters reported, citing sources, according to "Komersant Ukrainian".
The total amount raised was less than $1 billion.
At a meeting of the “Peace Council” in Washington in February, Trump announced that the organization’s member countries—Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, the UAE, Morocco, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, and Kuwait—had pledged $7 billion for the Gaza Strip. The U.S. was supposed to add another $10 billion to this amount, and the UN—$2 billion. Among other things, the funds were intended to finance the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), which is overseen by the “Peace Council” and to which control over the region was planned to be transferred following the disarmament of Hamas.
According to Reuters, Peace Council representative Nikolay Mladenov told Palestinian organizations that “there is currently no money.” The Peace Council denied reports of a funding shortage. “The Peace Council is a lean, implementation-focused organization that raises capital as needed. There are no financial constraints. To date, all funding requests have been met immediately and in full,” the organization said in a statement.
Gaza governance postponed
Negotiations on the disarmament of Hamas, mediated by Egypt, are continuing but have so far been fruitless. Israel insists that Hamas must lay down its arms before the withdrawal of troops, while Hamas demands guarantees of a ceasefire and the complete withdrawal of the Israeli army.
According to a Reuters source in diplomatic circles, the negotiations have reached an impasse, and there are fears that Israel may use the situation as a pretext to resume a large-scale military operation.
