Trump announced the expectation of Russia and China's participation in normalization in Gaza

On February 19, US President Donald Trump, during his speech at the first meeting of the "Peace Council" created on his initiative, said that he expected Moscow and Beijing to participate in normalizing the situation in the Gaza Strip, in particular, financing the reconstruction process.

"Japan has just announced its intention to raise funds to help the Gas, which will be very large <...> and I know that China will be involved. And I think Russia will also be involved," he said at the event, a recording of which was posted on the White House's YouTube channel.

Trump clarified that South Korea, the Philippines and Singapore intend to send funds for the restoration of Gaza. He added that representatives of all parties should invest in this region.

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Experts talked about what role Russia can play in the new organization.

The head of the White House announced on the same day that representatives of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and Kuwait had contributed more than $7 billion to the budget of the Peace Council. Washington, he said, has allocated $10 billion for this purpose. He also clarified that another $2 billion will be allocated by the UN to support the Gaza Strip, and FIFA will finance football projects in the region in the amount of $75 million.

The Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, on February 13, speaking about the purpose of the new association, the decree on the creation of which was signed on January 22, said that although it was focused on the Gaza Strip, it could potentially solve other problems.

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