The political scientist named Trump's goals in creating the "Peace Council"

The settlement in the Gaza Strip will be a tentative step for the "Peace Council" proposed by US President Donald Trump. Pavel Dubravsky, a political scientist and head of the Dubravsky Consulting agency, told about this on Wednesday, January 21.

According to the expert, the American leader has two goals. On the one hand, he really wants to solve the Palestinian problem, and on the other, the role of the Council as an analogue of the United Nations is important to him. However, the "Peace Council" may already be a blow to the international system and the first step towards its reformatting.

"This will be a trial run against the existing international system, testing the model itself for operability," he said in an interview with Lenta.Ru .

Alternative Path: Can Trump's Peace Council replace the UN

The United States has invited Russia to participate in the new organization — the Kremlin is carefully studying the proposal.

Earlier in the day, Egypt accepted Trump's invitation to join the Peace Council organization. Azerbaijan, Argentina, Bahrain, Belarus, Hungary, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Israel, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have already agreed to the initiative to join the council.

On January 20, the Financial Times newspaper indicated that most of the European Union (EU) countries had rejected the American leader's invitation to join the Peace Council. According to the publication, Europe fears that the "Peace Council" will be able to sideline the UN as a platform for resolving global conflicts in the future.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov earlier announced that the Russian side had received a draft charter of the Peace Council from the United States, RT reports. According to him, at the moment, the Trump administration is aware of the need not only to unite a large number of states, but also to take into account their interests. 360.ru .

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