Putin invited to join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace,’ Kremlin says
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin receives invitation to join US “Peace Board” The Kremlin said on Monday that this was the case for Gaza.
Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Moscow will examine the details of US President Donald Trump’s offer to join the peace council created late last year. The “Peace Board” is seen as a tool to maintain the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza after protracted fighting.
“President Putin indeed received an offer through diplomatic channels to join this Peace Council. We are currently examining all the details of this offer.” Peskov told Russian state news agency TASS:.
“We hope to contact the US side to clarify all the details,” he added.
Trump reportedly invited a number of world leaders, including Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Argentinian President Javier MileiHe will join the Gaza Peace Board, which will be part of the larger Peace Board, Bloomberg reported on Saturday.
Many other countries including Hungary, India, Jordan, Greece, Cyprus and Pakistan The Peace Board approved their invitationAP News reported Sunday.
But the Trump administration wants nations to pay $1 billion to stay on the board indefinitely, Bloomberg reported, citing a draft charter for the proposed group.
Putin’s invitation to join the peace council, if confirmed, would raise suspicion given Russia’s oversight of the ongoing war against neighbor Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians are estimated to have died in the war, which is approaching its fourth anniversary in February.
CNBC contacted the White House to confirm Putin’s invitation.
On Saturday, the United States also announced the names of those who will be on the “founding Board” of the council, including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. among others.
Israel is unhappy with the course of the “Peace Board”, with the release of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office a statement “The statement regarding the formation of the Gaza Executive Board affiliated with the Peace Board was not made in coordination with Israel and is against Israel’s policy,” he said in a statement on Friday.
— CNBC’s Kate Dore contributed to this story.
