Trump, Kushner launch Board of Peace at Davos -- without EU partners

Source: The Hill

01/22/26 8:43 AM ET


President Trump and his administration rolled out the Board of Peace initiative for Gaza in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, featuring leaders of more than 20 countries that notably did not include major European Union allies. Countries that have agreed to join the board include Argentina, Belarus, Morocco, Vietnam, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kosovo, Hungary, Egypt, Turkey, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia.

The White House initially included a list Thursday that included Belgium as a member, however the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Maxime Prevot said otherwise.

“Belgium has NOT signed the Charter of the Board of Peace. This announcement is incorrect,” Prevot wrote in a post on social media. “We wish for a common and coordinated European response. As many European countries, we have reservations to the proposal.”

Finnish President Alexander Stubb noted in an interview with CBS News that Finland and a number of other European countries cannot initially join because they need parliamentary approval to do so in their own countries. “One is that this is an international organization, which, basically, then needs parliamentary approval. So, you know, we are liberal democracies. We can’t come here and say, ‘OK, here’s the statute,’” Stubb told the network.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5700580-gaza-peace-board-initiative-davos/