A new country is poised to join the Abraham Accords, the series of normalisation agreements with Israel, according to U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff.
Speaking at a business forum in Miami on Thursday, Witkoff said he was returning to Washington for the official announcement later in the evening.
“I’m flying back to Washington tonight because we’re going to announce another country joining the Abraham Accords,” he said.
Trump is expected to host the leaders of five Central Asian nations — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan — at the White House on Thursday evening. It remains unclear whether the announcement will take place during the dinner, though the president is expected to attend.
The Abraham Accords, first signed during Trump’s initial term in office, normalised relations between Israel and several Muslim-majority countries. To date, Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates have joined the agreements.
According to Axios, the country expected to join is Kazakhstan, which has maintained diplomatic relations with Israel since 1992. A U.S. official told the outlet that the move aims to reinvigorate efforts to expand regional normalisation.
“This demonstrates that the Abraham Accords remain a group many countries wish to be part of. It’s also a step towards turning the page on the Gaza war and fostering greater peace and cooperation in the region,” the official said.
The announcement comes as Israel faces increasing diplomatic isolation amid its ongoing war in Gaza, where nearly 70,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to figures from Gaza's Health Ministry.
In response, several nations have severed diplomatic ties with Israel or officially recognised the State of Palestine, underscoring the growing international backlash over the conflict.
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