The Trump Administration is poised to unveil a new addition to the Abraham Accords on Thursday evening, according to Reuters. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff announced during the America Business Forum in Miami, “Tonight, we will announce the joining of an additional country to the Abraham Accords and normalization with Israel.”
Reports out of Israel suggest that the nation in question is Kazakhstan. Channel 12’s Amit Segal noted that while Kazakhstan already maintains diplomatic relations with Israel, the move would serve as an important symbolic gesture reinforcing the expanding reach of the accords.
Israel and Kazakhstan have enjoyed formal ties for more than three decades. The Israeli embassy in Kazakhstan was established in 1992, followed by Kazakhstan’s embassy in Tel Aviv in 1996. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Central Asian nation in December 2016, and a year later, Kazakhstan lifted visa requirements for Israeli citizens, easing travel between the two countries.
The Abraham Accords, first brokered in 2020 near the conclusion of the first Trump Administration, represented a groundbreaking step in Middle East diplomacy. They created official peace and normalization agreements between Israel and four Arab and Muslim-majority nations — the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan.
If confirmed, Kazakhstan’s inclusion would mark the first new member of the accords in five years, underscoring continued momentum for regional cooperation and a growing alignment with Israel across the Muslim world.
{Matzav.com}
