WASHINGTON — The Board of Peace touted by U.S. President Donald Trump will hold its first leaders meeting on February 19, a U.S. government official confirmed on Saturday, without offering further details. The planned meeting was first reported by Axios, which said the gathering would also serve as a fundraising conference for the reconstruction of Gaza. “We can confirm the Board of Peace meeting is scheduled on February 19th,” the official said in a statement to Reuters. Further questions were referred to the White House, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The meeting would be held at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., Axios reported. At least one world leader has confirmed his participation. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, one of Trump’s closest allies in the European Union, said at a campaign event on Saturday in the western city of Szombathely that he would go to Washington in two weeks to attend the Board of Peace meeting. In late January, Trump launched the board that he will chair and which he says will aim to resolve global conflict
