Kazakhstan Joins Abraham Accords, Marking Pivotal Expansion of Trump‐Brokered Peace Framework

US President Donald Trump announced that Kazakhstan will officially join the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations between Israel and Muslim-majority nations.

The move marks the first expansion of the accords, the US-brokered framework aimed at normalizing relations between Israel and Muslim-majority nations, since they were signed in 2020, and represents a continuation of one of Trump's signature foreign policy initiatives.

The agreements led to the normalisation of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco shortly thereafter.

The announcement came after Trump said he had held a call with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

"I just held a great call between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is the first country of my second term to join the Abraham Accords — the first of many. This is a major step forward in building bridges across the world," Trump said.

"We will soon announce a signing ceremony to make it official, and there are many more countries trying to join this club of STRENGTH," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The Abraham Accords remain Trump's signature foreign policy accomplishment from his first term of US Middle Easterm diplomacy , and the White House is looking to expand the circle of nations participating in the agreement.

"Today, more nations are lining up to embrace peace and prosperity through my Abraham Accords. So much more to come in uniting countries for stability and growth — real progress, real results. BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.

"This is a major step forward in building bridges across the world," Trump said as he announced the agreement. "Today, more nations are lining up to embrace peace and prosperity through my Abraham Accords."

He said a signing ceremony would take place "soon" to formalize the agreement.

The announcement, which came as Trump met with leaders of five Central Asian nations.

Deputy Secretary Landau said, "Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Uzbekistan are great friends and partners of the United States. President Trump recognizes that foreign policy isn't just about the same relationships that we have been developing for the last 80 or 100 years. It's a very big world, and there are many important parts of the world that have not received the attention they deserve. One of those areas is these Central Asian republics, formerly part of the Soviet union and now independent for 35 years. The United States — I think it is high time that we really engage more actively."

"As a volatile Russia and an increasingly aggressive China pursue their own national interests around the globe at the cost of their neighbors, the United States offers Central Asian nations a real opportunity to work with a willing partner while lifting up each other's economies," Senator Jim Risch, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke at a reception marking the tenth anniversary of the C5 1 initiative, hosted by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

"In support of this effort, I have joined Senator Daines and my colleagues in introducing a bill this week that paves the way to lift outdated barriers to increased economic engagement with our C5 partners — namely, the repeal of the Jackson-Vanik restrictions.

"It is fitting that, on the 10th anniversary of the C5 1 diplomatic platform, we are launching a new and exciting era of cooperation between our nations."