Morocco accepts Trump’s invite to Gaza peace board as France said to turn it down

King Mohammed VI of Morocco accepted an invitation by US President Donald Trump to join as a founding member of the US-led Board of Peace, Morocco’s foreign ministry says.

Morocco welcomes the second phase of Trump’s comprehensive peace plan, as well as the official creation of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza as a temporary transitional body, the ministry says in a statement.

Meanwhile French President Emanuel Macron has rejected the invitation, his office says, according to Politico.

The news outlet says Paris has concerns that the body will undermine the United Nations.

An aide to Polish President Karol Nawrocki says that he was also invited to join the Gaza Board of Peace.

“President Nawrocki received an invitation from President Trump to participate in this council,” Marcin Przydacz tells a press conference, adding that the invitation demonstrated a recognition of Poland’s role in the international arena.

Nawrocki’s has reportedly expressed concern over the inclusion of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk tweets that joining such a body would require approval by the parliament, “and we will not let anyone play us.”