Days after Donald Trump announced the creation of the Gaza Peace Committee, the body is beginning to take shape with global leaders accepting the US president’s invitation to join.
Reuters reported that invitations had been sent to global leaders, with Argentina, Egypt, France, Germany, Australia and Canada among others reportedly receiving invitations. According to a Bloomberg report, Brazil was also invited.
Shortly after the invitations were sent, Argentine President Javier Milei announced that he was accepting them and thanked Trump for the “honor.”
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“I am honored to receive an invitation this evening for Argentina to join as a founding member the Board of Peace, an organization created by President Trump to promote lasting peace in conflict-affected regions, starting with the Gaza Strip,” Milei said in a statement.
“Argentina will always stand by the side of countries that face terrorism head on, that defend life and property, and that promote peace and freedom. It is an honor for us to share in such a great responsibility,” the Argentine leader added.
At the time of writing, Milei was the only foreign leader to accept Trump’s invitation to be part of the board.
Turkey confirmed it had received Trump’s invitation, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s communications chief Burhanettin Duran confirming the invitation.
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“On January 16, 2026, US President Donald Trump, in his capacity as founding president of the Peace Council, sent a letter inviting our president, His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to participate in the Peace Council as a founding member,” Duran said in a post on X, but did not confirm whether the Turkish president had accepted the invitation.
Even Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, who Trump famously called his “favorable dictator” during his first term, has not yet accepted the invitation: the AFP news agency said Cairo is still considering whether to participate in the initiative.
Meanwhile, officials from Canada and Brazil confirmed to AFP and Bloomberg that they had received Trump’s invitations, but it was unclear whether they had accepted them.
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Trump is demanding $1 billion
Many are understood to have been invited to become founding members of the Peace Committee, but accepting Trump’s invitation is likely to cost a fortune.
The draft charter for the Peace Council calls for a financial contribution of $1 billion from those who wish to be long-term members.
“Each member state shall serve for a term not exceeding three years from the entry into force of this Charter, subject to renewal by the President. The three-year term of membership shall not apply to member states that contribute more than $1,000,000,000 in cash to the Peace Council in the first year following the entry into force of the Charter,” the proposal states,” according to Bloomberg.
The proposal also places Trump as chairman of the board, with the US president having exceptional powers, including determining who gets invitations and the final say over decisions made by majority vote.
Essentially, while each participating nation would have a single vote, the results would still be subject to Trump’s approval.
Board status
While invitations remain pending, Trump also announced the names of the first seven members of the board’s executive committee, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner, former British prime minister Tony Blair, World Bank chief Ajay Banga, financier Marc Rowan, deputy national security adviser Robert Gabriel and US special envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff.
Further announcements are expected at the World Economic Forum in Davos, which begins on Monday. Trump said the board would include “the most important leaders of the most important nations.”
