New country to join Abraham Accords: US envoy

New Country to Join Abraham Accords

The United States is expected to announce that a new country will be joining the Abraham Accords, the framework through which several nations have normalized relations with Israel, 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," said Witkoff at the America Business Forum in Miami.

When asked which country would be joining, Witkoff told interviewer Bret Baier of Fox News that he was not yet sure if the information had been made public.

According to Axios, the new participant is believed to be Kazakhstan, a Central Asian nation that has maintained diplomatic relations with Israel for years but is now reportedly joining to help strengthen the accords. Kazakhstan’s president is one of five Central Asian leaders meeting with President Trump at the White House in November.

Background on the Abraham Accords

During President Trump’s first term, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco all normalized relations with Israel in 2020 under the Abraham Accords.

Saudi Arabia had been in talks with the United States about normalization, which would have marked a significant milestone due to the kingdom’s religious importance as the site of Islam’s two holiest cities. However, those talks were halted after the October 2023 Gaza conflict, following Hamas’s attack on Israel.

Saudi Arabia maintains that normalization cannot proceed without concrete progress toward establishing an independent Palestinian state, a stance opposed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Author’s Summary

This article reports that Kazakhstan is expected to join the Abraham Accords, marking a new phase in diplomatic efforts led by the United States to expand peace agreements with Israel.

Hürriyet Daily News — 2025-11-06