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UK to snub Trump’s Board of Peace over Putin involvement

LONDON — Britain will not take part in Donald Trump’s controversial Board of Peace signing ceremony in Davos Thursday, the U.K.’s top diplomat said.

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said Britain will not be one of the opening signatories of the U.S. president’s body tasked with overseeing the reconstruction of Gaza after the Israel-Hamas war.

“We won’t be one of the signatories today,” Cooper told the BBC, citing concerns the legal treaty “raises much broader issues.”

“We do also have concerns about President Putin being part of something which is talking about peace when we have still not seen any signs from Putin that there will be a commitment to peace in Ukraine,” she added.

The foreign secretary stressed Britain will still provide practical support for the Palestinian committee which is due to run Gaza and ensure humanitarian aid reaches citizens and Hamas’ weapons are decommissioned.

She stressed “the other crucial issue that has a direct impact on U.K. security is getting a peace agreement for Ukraine.

“And so far we have seen no sign that Putin is actually willing to come and make that agreement. That’s where the pressure needs to be now.”

The U.S. president invited Russia’s Vladimir Putin to sit on the bloc tasked with resolving global conflicts. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will take part, but France’s Emmanuel Macron has rejected membership over worries the U.N. will be undermined.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to join the board’s executive committee.

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