U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has received an invitation to join a US “peace commission” for Gaza, the Kremlin announced on Monday.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Russian government would consider the details of a proposal to join the peace council created by US President Donald Trump late last year. The peace committee is seen as a means to maintain the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and oversee Gaza’s reconstruction after a long conflict.
“President Putin did indeed receive an offer to join this peace commission through diplomatic channels. We are currently considering all the details of this proposal,” Peskov told Russia’s state-run TASS news agency.
“We would like to contact the American side to clarify all details,” he added.
President Trump has invited a number of world leaders, including Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Argentine President Javier Milley, to join the Gaza Peace Commission, which will be part of a larger peace commission, Bloomberg reported on Saturday.
The Associated Press reported on Sunday that several countries had confirmed the peace commission’s invitation, including Hungary, India, Jordan, Greece, Cyprus and Pakistan.
But the Trump administration reportedly wants countries to pay $1 billion to remain on the council permanently, Bloomberg noted, citing the proposed group’s draft charter.
Putin’s invitation to the peace conference, if confirmed, would raise eyebrows given his oversight of Russia’s ongoing war with neighboring Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians are estimated to have died in the war, which approaches its fourth anniversary in February.
CNBC contacted the White House for confirmation of Putin’s invitation.
The United States also announced on Saturday the names of the council’s “founding board,” a list that includes former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Israel is dissatisfied with the development of the “peace committee,” and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office issued a statement on Friday commenting that “the announcement regarding the composition of the Gaza Executive Committee, subordinate to the peace committee, is not coordinated with Israel and is contrary to its policies.”
—CNBC’s Kate Dore contributed reporting to this story.
