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Kazakhstan has joined the Abraham Accords—a series of international agreements aimed at normalizing relations between Muslim-majority countries and Israel. U.S. President Donald Trump announced this following a joint phone call among him, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (the conversation took place during Tokayev’s meeting with the U.S. president in Washington).
“Kazakhstan – the first country of my second term to join the Abraham Accords, the first of many. This is an important step forward in building bridges across the world,” Trump wrote on social media. He promised an official signing ceremony would follow.
Kazakhstan’s press service noted that by joining the Accords, the country “seeks to contribute to overcoming confrontation, promoting dialogue and supporting international law based on the UN Charter.” They emphasized that the decision does not affect its obligations in bilateral relations with any state, being a natural extension of its multilateral diplomacy aimed at peace and security.
According to Axios, the move is largely symbolic—Kazakhstan has maintained diplomatic relations with Israel since 1992—but is intended to reinvigorate the Abraham Accords as a framework of cooperation between Israel and the Muslim-majority world under U.S. leadership.
The Abraham Accords, initially signed in 2020 during Trump’s first term, included the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan and provided for diplomatic ties, embassies and economic cooperation with Israel.
