President Trump will launch a Peace Council in Davos

President Trump at WEF 2026. (Twitter/@WhiteHouse)

JAKARTA - US President Donald Trump will unveil his new "Peace House" on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) series in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday, reinforcing his claim as a peacemaker.

President Trump will seek to promote the "Council of Peace", a body he initiated to resolve international conflicts, with a signing ceremony for the organization's charter.

The newly formed council offers a fixed membership fee of 1 billion US dollars and President Trump has invited leaders including Vladimir Putin of Russia, Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to Viktor Orban of Hungary to join.

"I think this is the best council ever formed," Trump said on Wednesday when meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, one of the leaders who had agreed to join, as reported by Al Arabiya from AFP (22/1).

Originally intended to oversee Gaza's reconstruction after the war between Hamas and Israel, the council's charter does not limit its role to the Gaza Strip and has sparked concerns that President Trump wants the council to rival the United Nations.

Key US allies, including France and Britain have expressed scepticism, but others have joined, notably in the Middle East where Trump's friendly Saudi Arabia and Qatar have agreed to join.

Some 35 world leaders have committed so far out of about 50 invitations sent, a senior Trump administration official told reporters on Wednesday.

President Trump on Wednesday also said President Putin had agreed to join, although the Kremlin has so far said it is still studying the invitation.

On the other hand, the presence of Russian President Putin has raised particular concerns among US allies, but especially in Ukraine as the country seeks to end Moscow's nearly four-year-old invasion.