New country to join Abraham Accords: US envoy

New Country to Join Abraham Accords

The United States is expected to announce on November 6 that a new country will join the Abraham Accords, the agreement under which several nations have established normalized relations with Israel, according to Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's special envoy.

Announcement Details

“I'm flying back to Washington tonight because we're going to announce, tonight, another country coming into the Abraham Accords,” Witkoff said at the America Business Forum in Miami.

When asked about the specific country joining, Witkoff responded,

“I don't know if it's out yet.”

Possible New Member: Kazakhstan

The news outlet Axios reported that the new member is likely Kazakhstan, a Central Asian republic with longstanding diplomatic ties to Israel. The country is reportedly joining the Accords to help reinvigorate the agreement.

Kazakhstan’s president is among five Central Asian leaders scheduled to meet with President Trump at the White House in November.

Background on Abraham Accords

During Trump's first term, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco normalized relations with Israel in 2020 under the Abraham Accords.
Saudi Arabia had been in talks about normalization, which would be historic as it hosts Islam’s two holiest sites.
However, Saudi Arabia paused these talks after the conflict broke out in Gaza following Hamas’s attack on Israel in October 2023.
Saudi officials maintain that normalization requires progress toward an independent Palestinian state, a position long opposed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Author’s Summary

The Abraham Accords may soon see new momentum as Kazakhstan prepares to join the pact, despite challenges in Gulf-Israeli normalization efforts.

Hürriyet Daily News — 2025-11-06