Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, on Thursday in Davos signed the founding Charter of the Peace Council, a new international initiative launched at the instigation of the United States, with the Kingdom participating as a founding member.
Acting on High Instructions of King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, Nasser Bourita, signed the founding Charter of the Peace Council on Thursday in Davos.
The ceremony, held on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, took place under the chairmanship of U.S. President Donald Trump, at whose initiative the new international body was launched.
The signing followed the Moroccan Sovereign’s acceptance of the invitation to join the initiative as a founding member.
According to the presentation delivered during the ceremony, the Peace Council aims to “contribute to peace efforts in the Middle East and adopt a new approach to conflict resolution at the global level.”
The project seeks to bring together a limited number of international leaders within a framework for strategic and operational consultation.
Morocco and Bahrain were the first two countries to sign the founding Charter. Following these signatures, the U.S. President announced the Charter’s official entry into force, effectively marking the establishment of the Peace Council. This founding step grants the body an institutional status from its inception, according to the organizers.
The ceremony brought together around twenty heads of state and government, as well as several foreign ministers from countries that are signatories or associated with the initiative. The participants included Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, Indonesia, Azerbaijan and Argentina, reflecting the geographical and political diversity of the Council’s initial supporters.
Membership in the Peace Council is reserved for a select circle of international leaders presented as committed to promoting a safe and stable future for coming generations.
For Morocco, the invitation is seen as explicit recognition of King Mohammed VI’s leadership on issues of peace, dialogue and international mediation, as well as the Kingdom’s standing as a credible and consistent diplomatic actor on regional and international issues.
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