Kuwait injects $1bn into Board of Peace

21/02/2026

WASHINGTON, Feb 21: Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on Thursday announced Kuwait’s contribution of USD one billion in support of the Gaza Board of Peace, underlining Kuwait’s commitment to support all endeavors to alleviate suffering of the Palestinian people and restore security and stability to the Gaza Strip. This came during the Kuwaiti top diplomat’s remarks during the first meeting of the Board, presided by US President Donald Trump.

“We renew Kuwait’s principled, firm and historic support for the brotherly Palestinian people and their just cause,” Sheikh Jarrah Al-Sabah told the audience. He added that the Palestinian cause had always been one of the Kuwaiti foreign policy pillars, which required supporting all efforts to champion peace, including President Trump’s 20-point plan. Sheikh Jarrah Al-Sabah appreciated President Trump’s efforts to end the struggle resulting in establishing an independent Palestinian state on the June 1967 borders and East Jerusalem as capital, in accordance with relevant international legitimacy resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative. “Success of this track is dependent on solidarity of the international community,” concluded Sheikh Jarrah Al- Sabah. Washington is hosting the Board meeting on Gaza, with the State of Kuwait participating among member states.

The meeting discussed Gaza’s reconstruction, governance arrangements, security frameworks, and humanitarian assistance following the ceasefire agreement. US President Donald Trump on Thursday thanked the State of Kuwait for its financial contribution to the Board of Peace. “I’m pleased to announce that Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, UAE, Morocco, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and Kuwait have all contributed more than USD 7 billion toward the relief package.

That’s great. Thank you.” He told the first meeting of the Board that “every dollar spent” is an investment in stability and hope of “a new and harmonious Middle East.” Trump also announced a contribution of USD 10 billion to the Board. On the United Nation’s role, Trump said “I think the United Nations has great potential, really great potential. We’re going to make sure the United Nations is viable, and you have some very good people at the United Nations can do a good job.” On boots on the ground, the US President said Albania, Kosovo, Kazakhstan, have all committed troops and police to stabilize Gaza.

“Egypt and Jordan are likewise providing very, very substantial help, troops, training and support for a very trustworthy Palestinian police force. We think we’re getting some very good people on that police force.” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced his hope on Thursday that the newly launched Board of Peace would act as a model for other complex and difficult situations to be resolved in the same way. Rubio made the remarks while addressing the first meeting of the Board of Peace, which was held under the chairmanship of US President Donald Trump.

“We hope that this can serve as a model for other complex and difficult situations so they can be solved in the same way, but right now the focus is on this one,” he remarked. “We have to get this right. There is no Plan B for Gaza. Plan B is going back to war. No one here wants that,” the US secretary added. “This was a very unique crisis in Gaza, one that the existing international institutions could not solve or figure out. It needed a very specific type solution that required the partnership of all the nations that are here,” he noted.

Rubio underlined that Plan A, the only path forward, is one that rebuilds Gaza in a way of enduring and sustainable peace, where everyone can live there side by side with one another and never worry again about returning to conflict, to war, to human suffering, and to destruction. Earlier in the day, Trump thanked Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, UAE, Morocco, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and Kuwait for having all contributed more than USD 7 billion toward the relief package.(KUNA)