Middle East

Trump also invites Putin to the 'Board of Peace', Macron ducks out

The US President also invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He has already accepted Morocco's King Mohammed VI

19 January 2026

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has received an invitation from his US counterpart Donald Trump to join the Executive Council for Gaza, the Board of Peace, the body he launched that will work on the peace project for the Strip, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reports, as quoted by Tass. "We are currently studying the details of this proposal, we hope to contact the American side to clarify all the details," he added.

The offer to Putin comes as the US continues its efforts to broker an agreement to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a conflict that has been raging for almost four years.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also among the many world leaders invited by Trump to join the Board of Peace. The letter addressed by Trump to Modi was made public yesterday on social media by newly appointed US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor. In the invitation, Trump writes that it is a great honour to propose to Modi to participate with him 'in a historic and magnificent effort to solidify peace in the Middle East' and at the same time 'to undertake a powerful new approach to resolving the Global Conflict'. No official response to the invitation has yet been released from New Delhi.

Another country that Trump has asked to join the Board is Kazakhstan: President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has been asked to join the 'Board of Peace' that will oversee the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip and he has accepted, local Kazakh media report. Another invitee in the last hours is Polish President Nawrocki, as well as Morocco's King Mohammed VI, who has already said he accepted the invitation.

Argentine President Javier Milei and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will become founding members of the Gaza Committee, they said on Saturday, while other invitees include Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Brazilian leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Macron's no

For the time being, Emmanuel Macron's France has refused to participate in the project desired by Trump. In Paris, a possible adhesion to the so-called "Peace Council" wanted by the US president "raises important questions", sources close to the president tell Agence France Presse, according to which the charter of this initiative "goes beyond the narrow framework of Gaza", contrary to initial expectations. "It raises important questions, in particular, about respect for the principles and structure of the United Nations, which can in no way be called into question,'' the sources in Paris warn.

A few hours ago it emerged that, according to a draft statute sent by the US administration to some 60 countries, the Board member states must contribute $1 billion in cash in order to maintain membership beyond three years.

The plan was criticised by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (also invited by Trump), who said the details were not coordinated with his country.

Signing Ceremony in Davos

A signing ceremony for Donald Trump's Peace Council Charter is scheduled for Thursday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, according to a copy of the US president's invitation to heads of state and government circulating online. Writing about it, on X, is journalist Barak Ravid, who also publishes a copy of the invitation to sign the 'Peace Council Charter at 10:30am on Thursday. The ceremony, in the Davos convention centre, will last until 11.30 a.m.', it is written.

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