|
France has said it will not join President Trump's "Board for Peace." France's agriculture minister described the tariff threat as "blackmail."
|
|
It's unclear how many leaders have been asked to join the board, and the large number of invitations being sent out, including to countries that don't get along, has raised questions about the board's mandate and decision-making processes.
|
|
Neither the Kremlin nor the US president has confirmed whether Putin has accepted the offer.
|
|
;Resize=(620)) Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said on Tuesday that Ottawa does not plan to pay the $1-billion US price tag for a permanent seat on U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace," that will oversee the governance and reconstruction of Gaza.
|
|
