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U.S. President Donald Trump has invited Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to join the so-called Board of Peace that will oversee post-war Gaza, Turkey said Saturday.

Erdogan received the proposal in a letter sent Friday by Trump inviting him to "become a founding member" of the board, Turkish presidential communications director Burhanettin Duran posted on social media. 

President Trump then invited his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to join the "Board of Peace" meant to oversee post-war Gaza, Egypt's foreign minister said on Saturday.

"We received an invitation from the American side, from the U.S. president, addressed to... Sisi to join the Board of Peace, and we are studying the matter," Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told reporters.

Board of Peace

The White House introduced the Board of Peace Executive Board, which will be responsible for developing a long-term strategic vision for Gaza. Officials stressed that the Executive Board is distinct from the Board of Peace, which will comprise heads of state. In the future, the Executive Board could be deployed in similar roles in other post-conflict regions.

Members of the Executive Board include U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, former UK prime minister Tony Blair, American investor Marc Rowan, World Bank president Ajay Banga and US deputy national security adviser Robert Gabriel Jr.

The White House said in a statement that each member would oversee a defined portfolio critical to Gaza's stabilisation, including governance capacity-building, regional relations, reconstruction, investment and large-scale capital funding.