Indian Left parties say India must not join Trump's "Board of Peace"

Trump on January 3 -- public domain image

The following is the joint statement issued by the five Left Parties - Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (ML) Liberation, All India Forward Bloc, Revolutionary Socialist Party:

We the Left Parties strongly urge the Indian government not to accept the US-offered position on the so-called 'Board of Peace', which is intended to implement the 'Gaza Peace Plan'. India's participation in such a Board, which does not respect Palestinian rights, would constitute a grave betrayal of the Palestinian cause.

This Board proposed by US President Donald Trump, deliberately circumvents the United Nations and seeks to create a new international structure controlled by the US. The US attempt to override existing international institutions must be firmly opposed. The Indian government should stay away from such proposals and stand resolutely in defence of Palestine and other countries of the Global South that are threatened by US imperial ambitions.

MA Baby General Secretary CPI(M)

D Raja General Secretary CPI

Dipankar Bhattacharya General Secretary CPI(ML)-Liberation

G Devarajan General Secretary AIFB

Manoj Bhattacharya General Secretary RSP