{"id":36228,"date":"2026-01-30T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T05:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/01\/30\/new-zealand-declines-invite-to-join-board-of-peace\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T13:28:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T05:28:00","slug":"new-zealand-declines-invite-to-join-board-of-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/01\/30\/new-zealand-declines-invite-to-join-board-of-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand declines invite to join Board of Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand decided against accepting U.S. President \u200bDonald Trump&#8217;s invitation to join his Board of Peace, New Zealand\u2019s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said in a statement on Friday. Trump launched his \u2060Board of Peace last week, initially designed to cement Gaza&#8217;s \u200crocky ceasefire, \u2060but which he foresees playing a wider role that concerns other global powers. He \u200dhas invited dozens of other world leaders to join, and while Middle East powers including Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia \u2060and Qatar, as well as major emerging nations such as Indonesia, have joined the board, global powers and traditional Western U.S. allies have been more \u200ccautious.       Luxon said in an email statement that the decision had been made not to join the Board \u2060of Peace in \u201cits current form.\u201d       New Zealand\u2019s Foreign Minister Winston Peters added in a post on X that a number of states, particularly from the region, have stepped \u2060up to contribute to the Board\u2019s role on Gaza, and \u201cNew Zealand would not add significant further value t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand decided against accepting U.S. President \u200bDonald Trump&#8217;s invitation to join his Board of Peace, New Zealand\u2019s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said in a statement on Friday. 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