Italy Likely to Join Trump Board of Peace as Observer, Says Meloni

Giorgia Meloni with Donald Trump in the Oval Office last year.

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Italy will likely participate in President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” as an observer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Saturday.

The board is meeting in Washington on Feb. 19 and Italy was invited as an observer country, Meloni said in an interviewBloomberg Terminal with local media. “I believe an Italian and European presence is necessary, so I think we will respond positively to this invitation,” she said.