A man carrying a mattress walks along a road amid destroyed buildings in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, Jan. 10.BASHAR TALEB/AFP/Getty Images
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has accepted an invitation to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” on the future of Gaza, a senior government official said Saturday.
The Globe and Mail is not naming the source because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.
Mr. Carney, who just wrapped up a four-day visit to Beijing, is headed for Qatar Saturday, and later will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The White House on Friday announced other names on the board that will, under Mr. Trump’s plan, supervise the temporary governance of Gaza, which continues to see deadly violence despite a fragile ceasefire that went into effect in October.
The names announced by the White House Friday included U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Mr. Trump’s special Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, former British prime minister Tony Blair and the U.S. President’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Mr. Trump will be the chairman of the board, according to his plan 20-point plan to end the Gaza war revealed late last year.
Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas signed off in October on the U.S. President’s plan, which says a Palestinian technocratic body will be overseen by an international so-called “Board of Peace” for a transitional period.
The board also includes private equity executive and billionaire Marc Rowan, World Bank President Ajay Banga and Robert Gabriel, a Trump adviser, the White House said, adding that Nickolay Mladenov, the former U.N. Middle East envoy, will have the role of high representative for Gaza.
The White House statement did not say what role each member of the board would play.
With files from Reuters