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January 19, 2026

India cautious on US ‘board of peace’ proposal

As India received an invitation on Friday from US President Donald Trump to be part of the "Board of Peace" that will work towards bringing lasting peace to Gaza, a former Indian diplomat and a strategic affairs expert said there is "no clarity" at present on the contours of the board and New Delhi will examine this proposal "very carefully". Another strategic affairs expert, a professor at a leading private university based in Haryana, conjectured that it is in the context of Gaza that people are interested in it, but this Board of Peace has a "much more ambitious scheme of things that Trump is right now after". On January 16, in a social media post, Trump wrote, "It is my Great Honor to announce that THE BOARD OF PEACE has been formed. The Members of the Board will be announced shortly,

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