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Trump invites leaders of Egypt, Turkey, Argentina to join Gaza peace board

President Trump invited leaders from over 50 countries to join a U.S.-led Board of Peace aimed at Gaza's reconstruction and conflict resolution, with $1 billion required for permanent membership.

  • On January 18, 2026, President Donald Trump invited Abdel Fattah el‑Sisi, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Javier Milei to join the Board of Peace, sending letters to more than 50 countries.
  • Announced on January 15, the Board of Peace will oversee Gaza's transitional technocratic administration and coordinate reconstruction and funding, the White House said.
  • The White House named senior figures including Marco Rubio, Tony Blair, Ajay Banga, Jared Kushner, and Steve Witkoff, while a draft charter requires $1,000,000,000 for extended membership.
  • Israel said it had not been coordinated with the board, while Pakistan's foreign ministry said it's "engaged with international efforts for peace and security in Gaza," on January 18, 2026.
  • Trump said the board will begin with Gaza and then expand to other conflicts, while critics warned the U.S.-led Board could undermine the United Nations Security Council.
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The U.S. government has offered Germany membership of President Trump's Peace Council, which should not only take care of Gaza - but also all crises worldwide. Those who pay a billion dollars can be there indefinitely.

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Board of Peace: US President Donald Trump has also invited the Netherlands to join his upcoming Board of Peace, a new…

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A call extended to the European Union, as well as to Putin's Russia, Turkey and Qatar. The request for membership comes Trump and is aimed at the access of the Board of Peace for Gaza that will oversee the ceasefire agreement in the Strip. To accept so far have been the Argentina of Milei, the Hungary of Orban and the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. To be permanent members, revealed a US official, the president would have put as a…

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US President Donald Trump has already invited about 60 heads of state and government to participate in the Gaza Peace Council, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and even Russia's President Vladimir Putin. Egypt's head of state Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Argentina's President Javier Milei and Germany's Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz received invitations on the weekend. The letter mentions that a…

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Kazakhstan's President Tokayev and Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán want to join, and Britain is also ready to play a role in the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire.

·Vienna, Austria
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The newly established Peace Committee, to be headed by US President Donald Trump, will not only be dedicated to overseeing the development and reconstruction of post-war Gaza, but also to resolving crises around the world, according to a draft charter published by the Israeli newspaper The Times of Israel. Members will have to pay a billion dollars to remain on it permanently. Vladimir Putin has also been invited to join.

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Daily Sabah broke the news in Türkiye on Saturday, January 17, 2026.
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