Agencies, Washington, DC – Indonesia will take a deputy commander role in a nascent International Stabilization Force in Gaza and Morocco will contribute troops, the unit's American chief said Thursday.
"I have offered and Indonesia has accepted the position of deputy commander for the ISF," Major General Jasper Jeffers announced at the inaugural meeting of President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" attended by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto.
Indonesia has said it is ready to send up to 8,000 troops to Gaza if the force is confirmed. The force aims to have 20,000 soldiers, as well as a new police force.
Jeffers confirmed that Morocco had also agreed to send troops, in the first commitment by an Arab country, as well as Albania, Kazakhstan and Kosovo.
Several foreign dignitaries attending the first meeting of Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza made offers of aid on Thursday. These include:
UNITED STATES: pledges to make a contribution of $10 billion to the border peace, said President Donald Trump
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: pledges $1.2 billion to the Board of Peace, said Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan
QATAR: pledges $1 billion to the Board of Peace, said Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani
SAUDI ARABIA: pledges $1 billion to the Board of Peace over the next few years, said minister of state for foreign affairs Adel Al-Jubeir.