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Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev have signed the charter of the Peace Council, an organization established on the initiative of U.S. President Donald Trump. The signing ceremony took place during the World Economic Forum in Davos and was broadcast on the White House’s YouTube channel.
Representatives of 19 countries signed the document in total. Among them were Armenia, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Hungary, Indonesia, Jordan, Kosovo, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United States, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Mongolia.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Peace Council had officially become an international organization and that other countries could join it. Speaking at the ceremony, President Trump said the Council would work in cooperation with the United Nations and “has every chance of becoming one of the most important organizations ever established.”
Trump announced the creation of the Peace Council late last week. The U.S. president will serve as its chair. Other members include Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, investor Jared Kushner, Deputy National Security Adviser Robert Gabriel, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and World Bank President Ajay Banga. Initially, the Council was expected to oversee compliance with peace agreements in the Gaza Strip, but at the ceremony Witkoff noted that the organization would also operate in “other places.”
Invitations to join the Council were extended to 58 countries, including Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday thanked Washington for the invitation and said Moscow would respond after the Foreign Ministry reviews the documents and consults with partners, according to RIA Novosti. Putin also said Russia was prepared to allocate $1 billion—the amount required for permanent membership in the Council—to aid Palestinians, proposing to use frozen assets for that purpose.
