UK says it will hold off on joining Board of Peace over Russia concerns

The UK will not yet be signing up to US President Donald Trump’s proposed Board of Peace over concerns about possible participation of Russia, the foreign secretary said Thursday, Anadolu reports. Speaking to the BBC, Yvette Cooper said that the UK had been invited to join the board but “won’t be one of the signatories today” at a ceremony at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The White House has said the Board of Peace is part of a broader 20-point plan on Gaza endorsed by the UN Security Council in November 2025 under Resolution 2803. However, Cooper said that the board is a “legal treaty that raises much broader issues” than the initiative’s initial focus on Gaza ceasefire. READ: UK rights […]