PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s offer to join the “Board of Peace” tasked with overseeing the next steps in Gaza, his office said on Monday.

The decision was taken over concerns that the “Board of Peace,” chaired by Trump, would have extensive powers beyond transitional governance of the Gaza Strip, and undermine the United Nations framework.

The statement noted that the board’s charter “goes beyond the framework of Gaza and raises serious questions, in particular with respect to the principles and structure of the United Nations, which cannot be called into question.”

Trump announced the establishment of the board — which he touted as “the Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place” — on Friday as a key part of his 20-point plan to end the war between Israel and Hamas.

The French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot specifically noted on Monday the remit of the board’s charter “in Gaza and elsewhere” and the “very extensive powers” granted to the chairman as point of concerns. According to Barrot, Trump, as the board’s chairman, would be able to approve the participation of members, choose his own successor and veto decisions taken by a majority of members.

“This is very, very far from the Charter of the United Nations,” he said during a speech to French academics in Paris.

Trump’s “Board of Peace” is facing a separate controversy developing over the a $1 billion fee member countries are expected to pay if they want to remain as permanent members beyond three years.

Canada will join but won’t pay for the permanent seat, Prime Minister Mark Carney said.

Trump has also extended invitations to join the board to Germany and the United Kingdom, as well as Albania, Argentina, Egypt, Hungary, India, Turkey and Vietnam. Despite Russia’s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine, the Russian President Vladimir Putin has also received an invitation, the Kremlin said on Monday.

An aide to Poland’s president Karol Nawrocki said Monday that he had also been invited and was considering his response, but pointed to Putin’s inclusion, noting that he was among leaders “seen at odds” with the Polish president. Prime Minister Donald Tusk subsequently posted on X that joining the board would require parliamentary approval, adding, “We will not let anyone play us.”

The executive committee of the board will include, among others, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Ajay Banga, the head of the World Bank.

Victor Goury-Laffont, Wojciech Ko´ść and Ketrin Jochecová contributed reporting.