BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 19. Broad
international cooperation and grassroots commitment are driving new
momentum for peace initiatives, Jared Kushner said at the first
meeting of the Board of Peace, Trend reports.
Kushner thanked the team behind the initiative, emphasizing that
many contributors were volunteers working without personal
gain.
“A lot of these people are volunteers. They're doing this not
for any personal gain. People are not personally profiting from
this. They are really doing this for their children and for their
grandchildren and because they want to see peace,” he said.
He underlined the importance of cross-community and
international cooperation in advancing shared goals.
“If Jews and Muslims work together, Israelis and Palestinians
with Americans and English and Bulgarian and people from all around
the world, then we can kind of join on a common goal, which is
peace and togetherness. And that's really what we've done,” Kushner
stated.
According to Kushner, the initiative has already secured
significant financial backing.
“We've secured today, even without the president's amazing
commitment, over $7 billion,” he noted, adding that the focus now
should be on effective implementation.
He concluded by thanking the countries that joined the
initiative at an early stage, describing them as partners committed
to shaping a better future.
“I see this as a very self-selecting group of countries that
really believe that the future can be different and wanted to join
in partnership and put their reputations and their resources and
their time and their ideas,” he said.
