Prabowo arrives in Washington for Trump talks, Peace Board meeting
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto arrived in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, 17 February 2026, for talks with US business leaders, a Gaza peace summit, and a planned bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump.
Prabowo landed at Joint Base Andrews aboard the presidential aircraft Garuda Indonesia-1, accompanied by a delegation that included Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia and Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya. Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister Airlangga Hartarto and Foreign Minister Sugiono, who arrived earlier in the United States, are also accompanying the president during his Washington visit.
According to the official agenda, Prabowo is set to attend three key events: a meeting with a group of US business executives on Wednesday, 18 February; the inaugural summit of the Gaza Board of Peace on Thursday, 19 February; and a bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump.
One item on the agenda is the signing of an agreement on reciprocal trade, with negotiations having been underway since 2025, according to Indonesian officials.
The inaugural Board of Peace summit on Gaza is set to be led by President Trump, the initiative’s originator. White House officials last week said the summit was scheduled for 19 February 2026 in Washington.
Indonesia formally joined the Board of Peace after Prabowo signed its founding charter during the launch event in Davos, Switzerland, on 22 January 2026. Other signatories include the United States as initiator, Hungary, Bahrain, Morocco, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Egypt, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Mongolia, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan.
Indonesia’s participation in the Board of Peace aims to encourage Gaza’s reconstruction to remain oriented towards humanitarian interests and adhere to the two-state solution agreed upon by the international community. Earlier, Prabowo called the Board of Peace a historic opportunity to achieve peace in a region devastated by Israeli aggression, and emphasised Indonesia’s strong commitment to realising peace for the benefit of the Palestinian people.
President Prabowo has offered to send up to 8,000 troops to act as peacekeepers in Gaza. Some 1,000 will be ready to deploy by April, with the rest ready by June.
Shortly after arriving in the US capital, Prabowo greeted members of the Indonesian diaspora and students in Washington ahead of his series of official meetings.