Trump says Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords.

Abraham Accords – (Special Correspondent / Web Desk) – US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords, which aim to normalise relations between Israel and Muslim-majority countries.

The declaration came after Trump said he spoke with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

“We will soon announce a signing ceremony to make it official, and there are many more countries trying to join this club of STRENGTH,” the president posted on Truth Social.

According to a statement issued by the Kazakh government, negotiations are nearing completion.

“Our anticipated accession to the Abraham Accords represents a natural and logical continuation of Kazakhstan’s foreign policy course grounded in dialogue, mutual respect, and regional stability,” the statement read.

Kazakhstan already has full diplomatic relations and economic ties with Israel, meaning the move would be largely symbolic, something Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed back against on Thursday.

“It’s an enhanced relationship beyond just diplomatic relations,” he said. “It is … with all the other countries that are part of the accord. You’re now creating a partnership that brings special and unique economic development on all sorts of issues that they can work on together.”

Trump met with Tokayev alongside four other Central Asian leaders from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan at the White House on Thursday as the US seeks to gain influence in a region long dominated by Russia and increasingly courted by China.

“Some of the countries represented here are going to be joining the Abraham Accords … and those announcements will be made over the next little while,” Trump said.

US special envoy Steve Witkoff said earlier at a business forum in Florida that he would be returning to Washington for the announcement, without naming the country.

A second source familiar with the matter said the United States hopes that Kazakhstan’s entry will help reinvigorate the Abraham Accords, the expansion of which has been on hold during the Gaza conflict.

Trump has consistently stated that he wants to expand the agreements he negotiated during his first term as president.

Afghanistan and Pakistan have returned to Istanbul for additional peace talks.

Under the Abraham Accords, which Trump mediated, the UAE and Bahrain forged ties with Israel in 2020.  Morocco established relations with Israel later that year.

Trump has been optimistic about the chances of regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia eventually joining the accords after a cease-fire was declared in Gaza last month, but Riyadh has demonstrated no appetite to proceed without at least a road to Palestinian independence.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is expected to visit the White House on November 18.

Other Central Asian countries such as Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan, both of which have close ties with Israel, have also been seen as potentially joining the Abraham Accords, which is considered a signature foreign policy achievement of Trump’s first term.