Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has accepted an invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump to join the newly proposed Gaza Board of Peace as a founding member, a controversial international initiative intended to oversee the transition from Hamas rule in the Gaza Strip.
The board is part of Trump’s 20-point plan to end the Israel-Hamas war and expected to temporarily oversee the running of Gaza and manage its reconstruction.
On Tuesday morning, Pashinyan’s spokesperson, Nazeli Baghdasaryan, confirmed that the prime minister had accepted the invitation, “With pleasure and a sense of responsibility, reaffirming Armenia’s commitment to promoting peace.”
Baghdasaryan also shared a copy of Trump’s letter, in which the U.S. president described the initiative as a “Critically 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 called 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.” He added that it would bring together a “distinguished group of nations ready to shoulder the noble responsibility of building LASTING PEACE.”
Several other countries have already accepted Trump’s invitation, including Uzbekistan, Paraguay, Hungary, UAE, Belarus, Argentina, Kazakhstan, Morocco, and Vietnam.
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Tuesday that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would soon decide whether to accept Trump’s invitation.
Meanwhile, Russia, the UK, and most EU countries have yet to respond. It remains unclear whether Azerbaijan was invited; however, President Ilham Aliyev previously stated that Azerbaijan would not send a peacekeeping force to Gaza, despite earlier reports suggesting that the country could play a role in a “stabilization force” following a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.
Trump reportedly sent invitations late last week to the leaders of around 60 countries, proposing that member states contribute $1 billion in cash each to secure permanent membership. Most recipients have responded cautiously, with European diplomats expressing concern that the initiative could undermine the United Nations.
It remains unclear whether Armenia will pay the $1 billion fee to secure permanent membership in the Board of Peace.
The structure of the board includes a “Founding Executive Council” at the top of its hierarchy.
This council, chaired by Trump, would hold the purse strings and set strategic direction, comprising officials and executives with ties to Israel and the U.S., but notably excluding Palestinian or Arab representatives.
Since the Washington Summit of August 2025, both Pashinyan and Aliyev have appeared frequently in Trump’s messaging.
The president highlighted his facilitation of the Armenia–Azerbaijan peace discussions as a central achievement of his global peace policy, framing the meetings in Washington, including the initialling of, but not the signing of, a peace treaty, as evidence of ending one of the eight wars he claimed to have resolved.
