EU Commission had the right to accept Board of Peace invitation, spokesperson says
BRUSSELS, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The EU Commission had the right to accept the invitation to participate in the first meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, despite criticism from various member states, a Commission spokesperson said on Friday.
"It is within the remit of the Commission to accept invitations of this kind," Commission spokesperson Paula Pinho told reporters in Brussels.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Thursday said the Commission should not have accepted the invitation.
"It had not received a mandate from the Council to do so," he said in a post on X.
Pinho stressed that the participation in the meeting did not mean the Commission endorsed the board of peace.
"With the participation of Commissioner Suica there is no endorsement of the board of peace, (it) is a clear sign of our commitment to Palestine and the reconstruction of Gaza," she said.
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