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                   D Raja                      Dipankar Bhattacharya

General Secretary       General Secretary     General Secretary

CPI(M)                        CPI                            CPI(ML)-Liberation

          G Devarajan                                      Manoj Bhattacharya

          General Secretary                                General Secretary

          AIFB                                                    RSP