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Trump Launches Board Of Peace, Putin Seeks To Use Frozen Assets For Sign-Up Fee

The Board of Peace aims to implement the Israel-Gaza deal with 23 countries joining; Russia offers $1 billion from frozen assets for permanent membership.

  • President Donald Trump unveiled the Board of Peace in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, with leaders from multiple countries agreeing to join, as he emphasized working with the United Nations.
  • Originally focused on Israel-Gaza implementation, the new body aimed to enforce the Israel-Gaza deal under UN Security Council resolution 2803, but none of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council except the US attended.
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed Russia would fund the $1 billion membership fee using assets immobilized in the United States, mainly supporting Palestinians and Gaza reconstruction, during a January 22 meeting with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmud Abbas.
  • Concerns immediately surfaced as Ukraine has been invited but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian participation is a barrier, and British Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper said on January 22 that Putin's role was problematic.
  • Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were due to travel to Moscow, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was scheduled to meet Trump on January 22 for further discussions.
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In Davos, the only signature in the European family was that of the Hungarian Prime Minister Orban. The magician will enter the Board of Peace, the alternative body to the United Nations created and promoted by Trump for the management of Gaza, judged incompatible with the Charter of the United Nations by the President of the European Council Costa. In Switzerland, together with Orban, more than 20 countries have joined, but not London, which st…

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Lietuvos Radijas ir Televizija broke the news in Vilnius, Lithuania on Thursday, January 22, 2026.
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