Pashinyan to Attend First Gaza Board of Peace Meeting in Washington

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will attend the first meeting of the Gaza Board of Peace in Washington. Pashinyan announced this at a briefing following talks with US Vice President J.D. Vance.

"I reaffirmed Armenia's commitment to supporting the US government's peace mission, including the activities of the Board of Peace, whose charter I had the honor of signing on January 22 of this year in Davos. I would like to say that I have received and gladly accepted US President Donald Trump's invitation to participate in the first meeting of the Peace Council on February 19 in Washington," the Armenian prime minister said.

The Board of Peace, initiated by Donald Trump in January 2026 to resolve the conflict in the Gaza Strip, is now chaired by Trump himself. The key executive council included Marco Rubio (US Secretary of State), Steve Witkoff (special envoy), Jared Kushner (Trump's son-in-law), Tony Blair (former British Prime Minister), Marc Rowan (CEO of Apollo Global Management), and Ajay Banga (head of the World Bank). On January 22, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the charter of the Gaza Peace Council was signed by the leaders of 19 countries (including Armenia and Azerbaijan). Trump called the creation of the organization a "great legacy" and stated his hopes to achieve peace throughout the world, while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that more countries could join the work of the "Board of Peace." According to him, invitations were extended to 50 countries, 35 of which responded, including Russia and Belarus. Currently, the updated number of countries that have confirmed participation is 26 (Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Albania, Cambodia, and the Republic of Belarus have joined the Council).