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The US is considering extending Trump's "Peace Council" to Ukraine and other conflicts

The US is considering extending Trump's "Peace Council" to Ukraine and other conflicts

Boris Bodnar Journalist

17 January 2026, 13:45

The US is considering extending Trump's — President of the USA Donald Trump

Washington is discussing the possibility of expanding the mandate of the "Peace Council" created for Gaza, which is headed by Donald Trump. Ukraine is among the potential areas of focus, while Kyiv is talking about a separate format for resolving the war with Russia.

The Donald Trump administration is considering expanding the mandate of the so-called Peace Council, originally created for post-war settlement of the situation in the Gaza Strip. According to sources familiar with the discussions, the US admits that this body could be involved in the settlement of other international conflicts, in particular Russia's war against Ukraine, the FT reports.

Western and Arab diplomats have expressed concern about these plans. One of the interlocutors noted that Washington sees the Peace Council as a possible alternative to the United Nations or a parallel informal mechanism for responding to global crises. The council itself is expected to be officially presented next week at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

The Peace Council was originally created to oversee the transition period in Gaza after two years of war between Israel and Hamas. It received formal approval from the UN Security Council in November, but its exact composition and legal powers outside the Middle East remain unclear. The White House says that any decisions regarding the composition of the Peace Council will be announced personally by Trump.

As for Ukraine, a high-ranking official in Kyiv involved in contacts with the US said that a different format is currently being discussed. According to him, to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian war, it is proposed to create a separate peace council chaired by Trump, which will monitor the implementation of the 20 points of the peace plan. President Volodymyr Zelensky previously said that this document was 90 per cent complete.

It is expected that representatives of Ukraine, European countries, NATO and Russia could join such a council. At the same time, the Ukrainian side emphasises that it has not discussed extending the mandate of this body to other conflicts and considers it appropriate to focus exclusively on monitoring the implementation of a potential peace agreement.

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