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Posted on February 19, 2026
2 min readLast updated: April 3, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleNorway will host the AHLC donor meeting on Palestinian aid this spring but won’t join President Trump’s Board of Peace. Oslo will work with the U.S. and EU within the AHLC as Trump touts $7B in Gaza reconstruction pledges.
OSLO, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Norway plans to host a meeting this spring of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHCL) for Palestinian aid but is not joining U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, the Norwegian foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
Trump earlier on Thursday told the first meeting of his peace initiative that $7 billion has been raised for a Gaza reconstruction fund and that Norway had agreed to "host an event bringing together the Board of Peace".
Norway has for decades led the AHCL, which was set up in the wake of the 1993-1995 Oslo Accords that sought to bring to an end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, although peace in the region remains elusive.
"The United States, together with the European Union, are vice-chairs of this group... We are in contact with the U.S. about how we can also talk about the peace plan for Gaza there," a spokesperson for Norway's foreign ministry said.
"Norway has clearly communicated that we will not become a member of the Board of Peace, and this position remains firm."
(Reporting by Nora Buli, editing by Terje Solsvik)
Norway will host an AHLC donor meeting on Palestinian aid this spring while declining to join President Trump’s new Board of Peace.
The Ad Hoc Liaison Committee is a donor coordination forum for Palestinian aid, chaired by Norway with the U.S. and EU as co-sponsors.
It is a new U.S.-led initiative that Trump says has secured multi‑billion‑dollar pledges for Gaza reconstruction. Norway will not become a member.
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