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Donald Trump took to the stage again at Davos today, as the Board of Peace signing got underway, with the US president as the chairman.

Trump said the board of peace will work with “many others, including the United Nations”.

A WEF official declared:

Below is a list of countries who have accepted invitation to join the board:

Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Morocco, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

Those who won’t join for now included the UK, France, Norway, Slovenia, and Sweden.

Others have also been invited but have not yet committed either way, including Cambodia, China, Croatia, Germany, India, Italy, the EU’s executive arm, Paraguay, Russia, Singapore, Thailand and Ukraine.