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Putin says Russia studying peace board proposal after Trump says he accepted invite

AL-Monitor
Jan 21, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via video link at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia January 21, 2026. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via video link at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia January 21, 2026. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS — Vyacheslav Prokofyev

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had accepted his invitation to join Trump's Board of Peace initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts, a statement that Putin quickly countered, saying that the invitation was only under consideration.

“He was invited. He’s accepted,” Trump told reporters at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland after meeting with NATO chief Mark Rutte.

Soon after Trump's comments, Putin told the Russian security council that the foreign ministry was still studying the proposal and would respond in due course.

(Reporting by Dmitry Zhdannikov, Jeffrey Dastin and Ronald Popeski; Writing by Ryan Patrick Jones; editing by Scott Malone)