As India obtained an invitation on Friday from US President Donald Trump to be fragment of the “Board of Peace” that will work in direction of bringing lasting peace to Gaza, a archaic Indian diplomat and a strategic affairs educated stated there is “no clarity” for the time being on the contours of the board and Fresh Delhi will glimpse this proposal “very carefully”.
Yet every other strategic affairs educated, a professor at a leading deepest college based mostly mostly in Haryana, conjectured that it’s in the context of Gaza that persons are drawn to it, but this Board of Peace has a “much more ambitious scheme of things that Trump is right now after”.
On January 16, in a social media publish, Trump wrote, “It is my Great Honor to announce that THE BOARD OF PEACE has been formed. The Members of the Board will be announced shortly, but I can say with certainty that it is the Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
A day in the past, US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, shared on X a letter sent by Trump to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, challenging him to be a fraction of the “Board of Peace” that will work in direction of bringing lasting peace to Gaza and embark on a “bold new approach” to resolving “global conflict”.
Worn diplomat Veena Sikri, a eager watcher of world affairs, stated while the Board of Peace has been announced by President Trump, its exact contours are “not clear” for the time being.
She stated the step appears to stem from his 20-point roadmap to bring peace to the Heart East, adding that Trump had also mentioned in his announcement final yr a total opinion to total the Gaza war.
The United Nations Safety Council (UNSC) in November 2025 had overwhelmingly adopted Resolution 2803, welcoming and endorsing “this vision”.
“Now it is time to turn all of these Dreams into reality. At the heart of the Plan is The Board of Peace, the most impressive and consequential Board ever assembled, which will be established as a new International Organization and Transitional Governing Administration,” Trump wrote in the letter dated January 16.
The US president stated the priority will be to assemble a “distinguished group of nations” ready to shoulder the “noble responsibility” of organising lasting peace — “an honor reserved for those prepared to lead by example, and brilliantly invest in a secure and prosperous future for generations to come”.
Sikri, also a strategic affairs educated who served as India’s excessive commissioner to Bangladesh from 2003-2006, stated Fresh Delhi is rightly “cautions” about this proposal and “will examine this invitation very carefully” as more than just a few aspects about this Board, its founding executive board and different associated groups comparable to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) and its eventual mandate remain “unclear” and “unanswered”.
The Trump administration has already announced that the Board of Peace will play an obligatory role in relaxing Trump’s 20-point opinion of providing strategic oversight, mobilising world resources and guaranteeing accountability as “Gaza transitions from conflict to peace and development”.
The 20-point opinion comprises making Gaza a deradicalised fright-free zone that would now not pose a menace to its neighbours, and that’s redeveloped for the profit of the people of the strip.
The White Condominium final week announced forming a founding executive board to operationalise the Board of Peace’s vision.
The contributors of the manager committee included US Secretary of Converse Marco Rubio, archaic British top minister Tony Blair, US particular envoy to the Heart-East Steve Witkoff, businessman and Trump’s son-in-legislation Jared Kushner and World Financial institution president Ajay Banga.
The different two contributors of the committee are Marc Rowan, the CEO of Fresh York-headquartered deepest equity firm Apollo World Administration, and Robert Gabriel, a US national security adviser.
The manager board will oversee every other administrative neighborhood known as the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG).
Citing draft charter for the proposed neighborhood, world media homes, in conjunction with Bloomberg and the Fresh York Times, have also reported that contributors of “Board of Peace” can stare a permanent seat in it if they pays “at least USD 1 billion”.
Gor, while sharing Trump’s letter, posted on X, “Honored to convey @POTUS invitation to Prime Minister @narendramodi to participate in the Board of Peace which will bring lasting peace to Gaza. The Board will support effective governance to achieve stability and prosperity!”
The US president stated it was once his big honour to invite the highest minister to affix him in a “critically historic and magnificent effort to solidify peace” in the Heart East and, on the the same time, to embark on a “bold new approach to resolving Global Conflict”.
Khinvraj Jangid, professor and director, Jindal Heart for Israel Studies at Sonepat-based mostly mostly O P Jindal World University, stated, “This Board of Peace, apparently doesn’t have a mandate only for Gaza”.
“In fact, the document doesn’t say the word Gaza as such. This Board of Peace is under the guidance of Donald Trump that will advise and make all the interventions in many global conflicts,” he told PTI.
It’s in the context of Gaza that persons are drawn to it but this Board of Peace has a noteworthy extra ambitious plan of things that Trump is glowing now after,” Jangid argued.
