Romania Weighs Joining Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ After Receiving Official Invitation

Romania’s president Nicusor Dan saluted US president Donald Trump’s initiative aimed at promoting peace and said the Presidency is carrying out an evaluation to assess Romania’s membership in the Board of Peace with the country’s other international commitments – as a member of the United Nations (UN), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and European Union (EU).”This assessment aims to establish the degree of compatibility of the new initiative with the existing obligations of the Romanian state and to identify the optimal ways in which Romania can contribute to achieving our common objective of consolidating peace in the world,” according to a Presidency press release

President Trump, who has sent invitations in recent days to dozens of countries to join the Board of Peace, is expected to host a signing ceremony in Davos this week. President Nicusor Dan is not attending the Davos summit.Romania’s Presidency confirmed that the country had received an invitation to join the Board of Peace. The implications of the membership are still unclear, but potentially major; its future remains uncertain.