Mark Carney Breaks Silence On Joining Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed growing scrutiny after confirming that Canada agreed in principle to U.S. President Donald Trump’s invitation to join his proposed Board of Peace, starting with the Gaza conflict. Speaking to reporters, Carney said the decision was driven by the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza, while stressing that key details such as structure, financing and impact are still under discussion. His remarks come amid concerns from diplomats that the initiative could sideline existing international mechanisms, including the United Nations.
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00:00good afternoon everyone why are you accepting president trump's invitation to join his board

00:09of peace is it acceptable to pay a billion dollars to be a permanent member and as well

00:14do you have any concerns that this board could undermine the un system well a couple of things

00:19there one is that we will i mean there is a humanitarian tragedy in gaza that is ongoing

00:29and canada will make every effort possible to address the situation and provide at first

00:38first step to alleviate the stop the stop the suffering the intensification of the suffering

00:46alleviate the situation provide humanitarian aid stabilize ultimately move towards peace

00:52and a two-state solution so we will explore every avenue in order to do that

00:57second uh with respects to the specifics of the board of peace uh the president raised it with me

01:05um a few weeks ago uh i said you know in principle uh yes uh obviously consistent with what i just said

01:14i will do what i can do we will do as canada what we can do to achieve those core humanitarian

01:21objectives with respects to the specifics of the board of peace we haven't i haven't gone through

01:28we haven't gone through all the details of the structure um how it's going to work uh what financing

01:34is for etc and so we will work through through those in the coming days is a billion dollars reasonable

01:40though i i i mean that's one of the look the the modalities of that uh money how's it going all these

01:47questions canada wants money to have maximum impact let me underscore one thing let me underscore one

01:53basic thing about the situation we still do not have unimpeded aid flows humanitarian aid flows at

02:01scale to the people of gaza that needs to that is a precondition for moving uh moving forward on this

02:09so my question is how can canada accept this what are you going to do about it including adding to the

02:16military presence in in greenland and what are you going to tell mr trump what's your message to mr

02:22trump about this economic coercion if you meet him in davos uh thank you for this uh very precise

02:28questions um it's a serious situation uh and uh we're we're concerned we're concerned about this

02:35escalation uh to be absolutely clear uh the we always will support sovereignty and territorial

02:46integrity of countries wherever their geographic location is i i might add to bring it to uh the

02:55uh the the current discussions today as part of uh the discussions uh the amir and i had uh about a

03:03series of situations which would have a common element which is threats to or compromising uh territorial

03:10integrity and sovereignty ukraine uh being a very prominent example um but i'll bring it back now to

03:15greenland um so we will always support that um the future of greenland decisions about the future of

03:21greenland are for greenland and denmark to decide um and this and the security of greenland

03:31security is first and foremost for them but very much falls within the responsibilities of nato

03:38i've spoken to the prime minister of greenland um and there's a full commitment uh not surprisingly

03:43as is appropriate of nato partners to the security of uh of greenland that's the right way to address

03:50this security and the right way if i finish and then hand back in terms of whether it's uh development

03:57of critical critical minerals is to develop uh in partnership you didn't mention united states once i

04:02asked you what are you going to say to mr trump about this so economic i'm going to say everything i just

04:07said how's that how's that how's that how's that how's that how's that how's that how's that

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