Lula, Trump discuss ‘Board of Peace,’ agree to meet in Washington: Brazil

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday asked US President Donald Trump to limit his “Board of Peace” to Gaza, in a phone call in which the leaders agreed to meet in Washington, according to the Brazilian presidency.

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Lula, who was invited to join Trump’s controversial global conflict resolution organization, proposed that it “be limited to the issue of Gaza and include a seat for Palestine.”

In a 50-minute call, “the two presidents agreed on a visit by President Lula to Washington ... on a date to be set soon,” the Brazilian presidency said in a statement.

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