Putin invited to join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace,’ Kremlin says
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has received an invitation to join the U.S.’ “Board of Peace” for Gaza, the Kremlin said Monday.
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow would study the details of the proposal to join the peace council created by U.S. President Donald Trump late last year. The “Board of Peace” is seen as a vehicle for maintaining a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza after their protracted conflict.
“President Putin has indeed received an offer through diplomatic channels to join this Board of Peace. We are currently studying all the details of this proposal,” Peskov told Russian state news agency TASS.
“We hope to contact the U.S. side to clarify all the details,” he added.
Trump has reportedly invited a number of world leaders, including Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Argentine President Javier Milei, to join the Board of Peace for Gaza, which will be part of the larger Board of Peace, Bloomberg reported Saturday.
Several other nations, including Hungary, India, Jordan, Greece, Cyprus, and Pakistan confirmed Board of Peace invitations, AP News reported on Sunday.
However, the Trump administration reportedly wants nations to pay $1 billion to remain on the board in perpetuity, Bloomberg noted, citing a draft charter for the proposed group.
If confirmed, Putin’s invitation to join the peace council would raise eyebrows given his oversight of an ongoing war against Russia’s neighbor Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians are estimated to have died in the war, which is approaching its four-year anniversary in February.
CNBC has contacted the White House for confirmation of Putin’s invitation.
On Saturday, the U.S. also released the names of those who will sit on a “founding Executive Board” of the council, with the list including former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, among several others.
Israel is unhappy with how the “Board of Peace” is unfolding, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office releasing a statement on Friday commenting, “the announcement regarding the composition of the Gaza Executive Board, which is subordinate to the Board of Peace, was not coordinated with Israel and runs contrary to its policy.”
— CNBC’S Kate Dore contributed reporting to this story.
