ISLAMABAD, Jan 21 — Pakistan will join United States President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace to help achieve lasting peace in Palestine’s Gaza, its foreign ministry said today.
Pakistan hoped “concrete steps would be taken towards the implementation of a permanent ceasefire” as well as to boost aid and Gaza’s rebuilding, the ministry said in a statement.
The announcement came after Pakistani army chief Asim Munir flew to Davos, Switzerland, three Pakistani officials told Reuters.
Munir, along with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, is likely to meet Trump, they said.
They spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to disclose the information to the media.
The Pakistani army’s public relations wing did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.
The board, set up late last year under Trump’s Gaza truce plan, is aimed at resolving global conflicts.
Some countries have reacted with caution to the initiative, although the US has said that over 20 countries have agreed to join so far.
Pakistan was invited by Trump to join the board, the ministry said.
