Croatia will not join the "Peace Council", a structure recently introduced by US President Donald Trump, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković has announced.
Speaking to the media, Plenković stated that the decision was made after a detailed analysis, but without giving concrete explanations for the reasons for the refusal. “The government’s position is that, for the time being, Croatia should not join the Peace Council for several reasons,” he said, adding that these reasons will not be made public.
The Croatian government had previously announced that the country had been invited to join the structure, which is expected to be led by Donald Trump. Plenković also stressed that, as a member state of the European Union, Croatia initially expects a common EU position on the issue.
The “Peace Council” was announced by Trump last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, initially as part of a US initiative to end the war in the Gaza Strip. However, the ambitions of this structure extend beyond that conflict, as it aims to intervene in resolving global crises — a development that, critics say, could put it in competition with the United Nations.
So far, the EU countries that have rejected the invitation to join this council are: France, Sweden, Slovenia, Spain, Ireland, Belgium and Croatia.
