ISTANBUL

US President Donald Trump, as chair of the Board of Peace for Gaza, has invited Australia, Vietnam, and Thailand to join the international body, said press reports and official statements.

In a Monday radio interview with ABC Sydney, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Trump has invited Canberra to join the board, according to a transcript of the interview.

“We've received correspondence from the president that arrived, I think, last night. That's something we haven't had time to consider. We'll consider all of these approaches respectfully and through our proper processes,” Albanese said.

Separately, a Thai Foreign Ministry statement said Monday that Thailand has received a similar invitation.

“Thailand acknowledges the receipt of the invitation letter from the President of the United States Donald J. Trump, regarding the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict and the U.S. initiative to establish the Board of Peace, and is reviewing the details,” the statement said.

Additionally, Vietnam’s Communist Party General Secretary To Lam accepted Trump’s invitation to join the Gaza Peace Council and “affirmed Vietnam’s readiness to participate as a founding member state of the council,” said a Foreign Ministry statement on Sunday.

Trump has also invited Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to join the international body.

In a brief statement, Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said Sunday that "the Prime Minister of Pakistan has received the invitation … to join the Board of Peace on Gaza."

US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said on the US social media company X on Sunday that he had conveyed Trump’s invitation to Modi to participate in the board “which will bring lasting peace to Gaza.”

There was no immediate official reaction to the statement from New Delhi.

On Friday, the White House announced the formation of the board to "play an essential role in fulfilling" 20 points of Trump’s plan to permanently end Israel's war on Gaza and rebuild the enclave, as well as "providing strategic oversight, mobilizing international resources, and ensuring accountability as Gaza transitions from conflict to peace and development."

The US also formed the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza to implement phase two of Trump's Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, a founding Executive Board, and a Gaza Executive Board to support the transitional framework.

Trump has invited additional heads of state and government to join the board, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.