Morocco, Pakistan, Turkey, among countries joining Board of Peace

ANKARA, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will represent Turkey's president on U.S. President Donald Trump's international "Board of Peace" initiative, a Turkish source told Reuters on Wednesday.

Trump had sent an invitation to President Tayyip Erdogan to become a member of the board, an initiative that initially aimed to end the conflict in Gaza but that Trump has said will resolve conflicts globally.

Trump is due to preside over a ceremony marking the "Board of Peace" on Thursday at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

"Hakan (Fidan) will join," Erdogan told reporters in parliament on Wednesday when asked whether he accepted Trump's invitation.

The White House had earlier announced that Fidan was a member of a separate "Gaza Executive Board", along with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, former British prime minister Tony Blair and Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

The Turkish source with knowledge of the matter, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Fidan would also represent Erdogan at the leaders-level "Board of Peace".

The Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Fidan would attend the signing ceremony on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Pakistan has also accepted Trump's invitation to join his "Board of Peace" for achieving "lasting peace in Gaza", the country's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

King Mohammed VI of Morocco also accepted Trump to join as a founding member of the U.S.-led Board of Peace, Morocco’s foreign ministry said on Monday.

Morocco welcomes the second phase of Trump’s comprehensive peace plan, as well as the official creation of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza as a temporary transitional body, the ministry said in a statement.

Reporting by Asif Shahzad, Ahmed El Jechtimi writing by Sakshi Dayal, Huseyin Hayatsever and Tuvan Gumrukcu; Editing by Daren Butler, Jonathan Spicer and Alison Williams/Reuters