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France says it won’t join Peace Board for now, says its charter contradicts UN charter
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFrance will not join US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace for now because its charter does not correspond with a UN resolution to resolve the war in Gaza, and some of the charter’s elements are allegedly contrary to the UN charter, its foreign ministry spokesman says.
“It was not corresponding on the one hand with the pure Gaza mandate, which is not even mentioned, and on the other hand, there are elements of this charter which are contrary to the United Nations charter,” Pascal Confavreux tells reporters.
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