India has so far declined to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s newly launched Board of Peace—a global initiative aimed at brokering permanent ceasefires and supervising interim governance in conflict zones—amid concerns in New Delhi that participation could open the Kashmir dispute to international mediation or scrutiny. The Board of Peace charter was signed at the World Economic Forum in Davos by 20 world leaders, including Trump and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Still, India was notably absent from the ceremony.

Some Indian commentators and diplomatic circles fear that if the Board expands its mandate beyond Gaza—where it initially seeks to solidify a ceasefire—it might later address other entrenched conflicts such as Kashmir, a flashpoint between India and Pakistan. Critics also worry that joining a U.S.-led structure could make it harder for India to oppose future international involvement or peacekeeping roles in the region.