JAKARTA - Secretary of State (Mensesneg) Prasetyo Hadi confirmed that President Prabowo Subianto had received an invitation to attend the first Board of Peace (BoP) or Gaza Peace Conference (BoP) scheduled to take place at the Institute of Peace, Washington D. C., United States, 19 February 2026.
"Yes," said Prasetyo when met at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, Monday, February 9, answering a reporter's question about the BoP Summit invitation for President Prabowo.
However, Prasetyo, who is also the spokesperson for the President of the Republic of Indonesia, has not been able to confirm President Prabowo's presence at the BoP Summit.
"Not yet (the President's presence can be confirmed), later we will announce if there is certainty," he said.
Pras, a nickname for Prasetyo, continued that if President Prabowo was confirmed to leave for the US, he hoped that the visit would not only be used to attend the BoP Summit, but also to sign the results of the tariff negotiations between Indonesia and the US.
"We want, and want to be able to do both," said Pras.
The US Presidential Office, the White House, plans to hold the first BoP summit next week on February 19 and a number of member country leaders have been contacted to attend the event.
From a source in the US government, as quoted by the Turkish news agency, Anadolu, until Saturday (7/2) last week, no country leader had confirmed their presence at the BoP Summit.
However, so far, the White House has not made an official announcement regarding the holding of the BoP Summit in Washington D. C., next week.
Indonesia officially became a member of the BoP after President Prabowo Subianto signed the charter establishing the institution during its launch event in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, 2026.
Apart from Indonesia, other countries that also signed the Peace Council charter include the United States as the initiator, then Hungary, Bahrain, Morocco, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Egypt, Jordan, Kazakhstan, the Republic of Kosovo, Mongolia, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Uzbekistan.
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