Malaysia to continue support for Palestinians despite not joining US-led ‘Board of Peace’

Foreign minister says Kuala Lumpur remains committed to aiding Gaza with international partners

By Anadolu staff

ISTANBUL (AA) - Malaysia will continue supporting Palestinians despite not joining a US-led “Board of Peace,” the country’s foreign minister said Thursday.

Speaking in the Dewan Negara, the upper house of parliament, Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said Kuala Lumpur would persist in assisting Palestinians “in every way possible with the international community,” according to the state-run Bernama news agency.

“Although we are not part of the Board of Peace, Malaysia’s role in helping the suffering Palestinian people in Gaza will continue,” he said.

The Board of Peace was launched by US President Donald Trump as a coalition aimed at coordinating postwar reconstruction and advancing a political roadmap for the devastated Palestinian enclave of Gaza, where Israel has killed 72,000 people, wounded more than 171,000 and destroyed about 90% of civilian infrastructure.

The United Nations estimates reconstruction costs at roughly $70 billion.

The grouping includes 26 countries, among them are the United States, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Israel.

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