President Donald Trump has urged several Arab and Muslim states to join the Abraham Accords as part of an upcoming Iran deal.
Mentioning Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, and Pakistan, President Trump suggested that it should be “mandatory” for countries involved in the Iran negotiations to endorse the Abraham Accords, a series of U.S.-brokered agreements designed to normalize trade and diplomatic relations between Israel and Arab states.
Writing on Truth Social, he said that “it should be mandatory that all of these Countries, at a minimum, simultaneously sign onto the Abraham Accords.”
According to President Trump, refusal to join the accord would be seen as a sign of “bad intention” on the part of these states. “It should start with the immediate signing by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and everybody else should follow suit. If they don’t, they should not be part of this Deal in that it shows bad intention,” he continued.
“By copy of this TRUTH, I am asking my Representatives to begin, and successfully complete, the process of signing these Countries into the already Historic Abraham Accords,” the president concluded.
President Trump did not rule out Iran joining the accord, adding that it would be ‘something special’ if they followed suit.”
He also named Egypt and Jordan as possible entrants, though these countries already have longstanding diplomatic agreements with Israel.
This is President Trump’s most ambitious effort to broaden the accords established during his first term. It is worth noting that many of these countries are hostile to Israel, and some do not even recognize the Jewish State. Turkey and Qatar have been supporting Palestinian jihadist groups such as Hamas, while Iran and Pakistan have elevated hatred of Israel to their state doctrine.
The Trump White House was working behind the scenes to expand the accords’ reach. “The US president held phone calls with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan, encouraging them to join the Abraham Accords, a 2020 agreement establishing diplomacy between Israel and Arab states,” The Daily Telegraph reported.
Shortly after President Trump’s post, Pakistan refused to join the accords. “Pakistan rejected the proposal,” Reuters reported. “Trump’s statement reflected an attempt to use Iran ceasefire diplomacy for a wider push around the Abraham Accords, according to a Pakistani source familiar with the matter, who also said the two issues were ‘not interlinked and cannot be made so.'”
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