Sweden, Norway, Germany also decline to join US-led Board of Peace on Gaza

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Wednesday that Sweden will not join the so-called "Board of Peace" proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump based on its "current text," according to Sweden's public broadcaster Sveriges Radio, reported Xinhua.

Kristersson made the remarks while attending the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the broadcaster reported.

"As the text stands right now, Sweden will not sign," Kristersson was quoted as saying.

Sveriges Radio said Sweden has not yet issued an official response to the invitation, adding that the matter will be discussed with other European countries.

Meanwhile, Norway will not join the U.S.-led Board of Peace or take part in a planned signing ceremony in Davos, Switzerland, the Norwegian Prime Minister's Office said on Tuesday.

In a written statement to the Norwegian news agency NTB, Kristoffer Thoner, state secretary at the Prime Minister's Office, said the U.S. proposal "raises a number of questions" that require further dialogue with Washington.

"Norway will therefore not join the setup for the Board of Peace and will consequently not participate in a signing ceremony in Davos," Thoner said.

Meanwhile, Germany also will not join U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed Board of Peace in its current form, according to a report by the German magazine Der Spiegel on Wednesday.

The Federal Foreign Office said in an internal government document that while Berlin remains open to dialogue on peace initiatives, joining the so-called Board of Peace proposed by Trump in the present form is not possible, according to the Der Spiegel report.

The document stated that Germany is committed to strengthening the international order with the UN Charter at its core, while the proposal from the United States was viewed as a "counter-draft" to the United Nations.

Earlier, France and Denmark also declined to join the US-led Board of Peac.

President Alexander Stubb has been also invited to join the so-called "Board of Peace" for Gaza and the President Office was reviewing the invitation.

The proposal reportedly grants Trump, as "chairman," extensive decision-making powers. Reflecting this position, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is not expected to attend the signing ceremony planned for Thursday in Davos, according to Der Spiegel.

The Board of Peace was originally proposed as part of a U.S.-drafted 20-point peace plan aimed at ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and supporting the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.