(US President Donald Trump's formal invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to join the Board of Peace for Gaza, as part of a 20-point plan aimed at de-radicalising and redeveloping the region, has led to debate over India's response. In this View, Vivek Katju argues why India should think twice. Read the Counterview in which Sanjeev Ahluwalia argues why joining the Board could be in India's favour.)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is among a number of world leaders who have been invited by Donald Trump to join a Board of Peace (BOP) for Gaza, which the US President will chair.
The text of Trump’s letter, made public by one of the invitee’s, Argentine President Javier Milei, indicates Trump’s intention to expand this BOP’s scope much beyond its United Nations Security Council (UNSC) mandate.
The UNSC had, in its Resolution 2803 of November 2025, approved, with China and Russia abstaining, the establishment of the BOP “as a transitional administration with a legal personality” for the “re-development of Gaza”. However, Trump’s letter considers it as part of a “Historic and Magnificent Effort to solidify Peace in the Middle East and, at the same time, to embark on a bold new approach to resolving Global Conflict”!
Trump has also asserted “The board will be one of a kind, there has been never been anything like it.”
Initial media reports indicated that China and Russia have not been invited to join the BOP, though latest reports now indicate Russia has indeed been invited. As gleaned from these reports, among the countries invited are:
Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Greece, Cyprus, and Albania from Europe
Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay from South America
India, Turkey, Vietnam, and Pakistan from Asia
Australia, New Zealand, Jordan, and Egypt