The French president, Emmanuel Macron, appealed this Thursday to the international community to participate in the construction of a transitional security force for Palestine to intervene when the peace plan adopted in Egypt is complemented. A call to which the Meloni Government has already responded committing to send troops to that peace force.
“We all have to play a role in this stabilization force,” stressed the French president at the opening of the ministerial meeting in Paris to prepare the reconstruction of Palestinewhich has the participation of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Spain, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Türkiye, Egypt and the European Commission.
The president assured that France is willing to contribute to that contingent but He did not clarify whether he will do so by sending troops or with instructional tasks, work that he considered will serve to “train and equip the Palestinian security forces in Gaza in cooperation with Jordan and Egypt, which have extensive experience in the matter.”
Macron asked that a legal framework is created within the UN that allows other countries join that “crucial” help for the deployment of that force.
The president, who considered the agreement reached in Sharm el-Sheikh “historic” and congratulated Trump for having promoted this “ambitious path,” assured that It is “urgent” that humanitarian aid be allowed to return to Gaza and let the UN be in charge of its distribution.
Italy will send troops
The one who has confirmed that it will send troops is the Italian Government Giorgia Meloni.
His Foreign Minister and Vice President, Antonio Tajaniconsidered the announced peace agreement to be “great news” and offered to the Italian Army for an eventual peacekeeping force.
“Italy is prepared to consolidate the ceasefire, deliver new humanitarian aid and participate in the reconstruction of Gaza and to send soldiers in case of creation of an international peace force to reunify Palestine”wrote in X.
For her part, the Italian prime minister, one of Trump’s main allies in Europe, congratulated the Republican this Thursday for “opening the way” towards peace in Gaza by promoting the agreement between Israel and Hamas.
“The agreement reached in Egypt for the implementation of the first phase of President Trump’s Peace Plan is extraordinary news that opens the way to a ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all the hostages and the withdrawal of the Israeli Army from the agreed lines,” the president applauded in a statement.
Meloni thanked him “having relentlessly sought an end to the conflict in Gaza,” as well as mediators such as Egypt, Qatar and Türkiye for “their crucial efforts” to make the plan prosper.
The Italian Prime Minister also advanced her country’s availability to “support the efforts of mediators” and give their contribution “to the stabilization, reconstruction and development of Gaza.”
Spain, “very far away”
“Very far”, in the words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albaresthere is the possibility of Spain participating in a peacekeeping force in Gaza.
“We are still very far from that. Something like that is not even proposed,” said the head of Spanish diplomacy, emphasizing that now We must work to consolidate the ceasefire after the initial agreement reached between Israel and Hamas.
Despite this, the minister has not completely closed the door to participation, stressing that “Spain has always been willing to participate in those peacekeeping forces that have a clear mandate”, as is the case with the UN mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL), and never spares “efforts for what can bring peace.”
However, he insisted, “we are still very far away, there is not even an outline or an idea that this could be the case.” “Any step taken has to be to be able to consolidate a permanent ceasefire, to be able to rebuild Gaza” so that Gazans “can return to a normal life” and to “begin to take steps towards the construction and implementation of the two-state solution.”