New Country to Join Abraham Accords: US Envoy
The United States is preparing to announce that another nation will join the Abraham Accords, an initiative fostering normalized relations with Israel. The announcement was expected later on November 6, according to President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff.
“I'm flying back to Washington tonight because we're going to announce, tonight, another country coming into the Abraham Accords,”
Witkoff shared this during his address at the America Business Forum in Miami. When asked which country would be joining, he told interviewer Bret Baier from Fox News,
“I don't know if it's out yet.”
According to Axios, the new country is likely Kazakhstan, a Central Asian nation that has maintained diplomatic relations with Israel for decades. The report suggested this move is meant to help reinvigorate the accords. Kazakhstan’s president is reportedly among five Central Asian leaders scheduled to meet President Trump at the White House in November.
The Abraham Accords, initiated during Trump’s first presidential term, saw the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco normalize diplomatic relations with Israel in 2020. Saudi Arabia had engaged in discussions regarding potential normalization, a step that would signify a historic milestone given its religious significance as the home of Islam’s two holiest sites. However, the kingdom paused these talks following the Gaza conflict that erupted after Hamas’s attack on Israel in October 2023. Saudi leaders have maintained that normalization cannot occur without concrete progress toward an independent Palestinian state—a stance long opposed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Author’s Summary
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff revealed that Kazakhstan is poised to join the Abraham Accords, marking a renewed push by President Trump’s administration to expand normalization with Israel.