The body proposed by the US president is intended to manage Gaza following the Hamas-Israel war
RT: Russian President Vladimir Putin. © Sputnik/Sergey Bobylev
Russia
has been invited to sit on a new ‘Peace Board’ proposed by US President
Donald Trump and meant to steer post-war governance and reconstruction
in Gaza, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.
Trump proposed
the board late last year following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
The initiative envisages an international council overseeing
reconstruction funding, security arrangements, and political
coordination in Gaza, working alongside a Palestinian technocratic
administration during a transitional period. The White House has said
the body could later be expanded to address other conflicts.
According
to draft documents, countries can join the board, but their
participation would be capped at three years unless they pay more than
$1 billion in cash within the first year.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Peskov confirmed that Putin had been invited to join the body through diplomatic channels. “We are studying the details of the proposal. We hope to hold contacts with the US side to clarify all the nuances,” he said, without elaborating on the specifics of the offer.
A
wide range of countries across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia,
including US allies and regional powers, have confirmed receiving
invitation letters. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Vietnamese
Communist Party chief To Lam have accepted the invitations.
However,
several countries have expressed caution, saying they would like the US
to elaborate on what membership in the body would entail, with critics
arguing that the Board could overlap with or sideline existing UN-led
mechanisms.