President-elect Donald Trump says son-in-law Jared Kushner will be able to broker a Middle East peace plan owing to his abilities as a 'natural deal-maker.'

Trump gushed about Kushner's attributes, in a Middle East portfolio he has floated previously, in an interview published over the weekend.

'You know what, Jared is such a good kid and he’ll make a deal with Israel that no one else can,' Trump said in an interview published by the Times of London.

'You know he’s a natural, he’s a great deal, he’s a natural — you know what I was talking about, natural — he’s a natural deal-maker — everyone likes him,' Trump said.

Trump downplayed the role of Kushner's wife, daughter Ivanka, who is expected to take up ceremonial roles associated with the first lady, even as he talked up Kushner.

'You know he’s a natural, he’s a great deal, he’s a natural,' Trump said of Kushner, who will try to broker a Middle East peace deal

'Well, not now, she’s going to Washington, and they’re buying a house or something, but you know she’s got the children, so Jared will be involved as we announced,' Trump said.

Jared Kushner, 35, and Ivanka Trump have rented an elegant home in Washington.

'No salary, no nothing. If he made peace — who’d be better at that then Jared, righ?'

Then Trump added, about the man who helped steer his campaign and advised him on foreign policy, 'There’s something about him . . .'

Kushner and Ivanka Trump, who converted when they got married, are both Orthodox Jews.

Trump first floated Kushner's role in solving seemingly intractable problems between the Israelis and Palestinians in a November interview with the New York Times.

Steven Bannon and Jared Kushner are seen during US President-elect Donald Trump's press conference January 11, 2017 at Trump Tower

FAMILY AFFAIR: Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump attend the COMEDY CENTRAL Roast of Donald Trump at the Hammerstein Ballroom on March 9, 2011

Ivanka Trump converted to Judaism upon marrying Kushner in 2009

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are preparing to move to a home in DC's tony Kalorama neighborhood

'I would love to be the one who made peace with Israel and the Palestinians, that would be such a great achievement,' Trump said.

His transition has also announced that New York attorney Jason Greenblatt, will assist in negotiations as special adviser on international agreements.

After his role first got floated, the Washington Post reported that the family foundation Kushner directs donated to fund West Bank settlements, a source of major contention with the Palestinian side.

Kushner plans to join the White House, having been advised by counsel that his appointment doesn't break with anti-nepotism laws against a government official appointing a relative 'in the agency in which he is serving or over which he exercises jurisdiction or control.'

'What we know, he’s a really tough, smart guy, and we hope he will bring new energy to our region,” Israel's defense minister, Avigdor Lieberman, said of Kushner last month, the Jerusalem Post reported.