At present, Warsaw does not plan to join the Peace Council, initiated by Donald Trump, but does not rule out such a possibility in the future if circumstances change.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated this during a government meeting.
According to the head of government, the Polish embassy in Washington received an invitation for the President or Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland to participate in the founding meeting of the Peace Council, scheduled for February 19 in the United States.
“This is the moment to say quite unambiguously and clearly that, given the current circumstances – considering the principles, the status of this Council, its immediate goals, largely related to rebuilding Gaza, as well as certain organizational doubts about its format – Poland will not join the work of the Peace Council. At the same time, we will continue to be very flexible and, of course, openly analyze the situation.”
– Donald Tusk
Prospects and Possible Scenarios
Tusk stressed that relations with the United States remain a priority of Poland’s foreign policy.
“If circumstances change to allow Poland to join the work of this Council, we do not rule out any scenario.”
– Donald Tusk
According to sources within the domestic circle, Polish President Karol Nawrocki has convened a meeting of Poland’s National Security Council on February 11, where the issue of inviting Poland to the Peace Council initiative of U.S. President Donald Trump will be discussed.
It is also known that the Peace Council currently has 27 members and is led by Trump. The United Nations Security Council has authorized it to monitor the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement and to work on governance and reconstruction issues.
The EU has questioned Donald Trump’s new peace initiative to resolve the Gaza crisis due to the virtually unlimited powers of the Peace Council and the concentration of power in one hand.