FILE – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attends a gathering with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the summit of the Commonwealth of Impartial States on the Palace of the Nation in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Oct. 10, 2025.
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WASHINGTON — Kazakhstan is about to affix the Abraham Accords between Israel and Arab and Muslim majority nations in a symbolic transfer aimed toward boosting the initiative that was an indicator of President Donald Trump’s first administration.
The motion, introduced Thursday, is essentially symbolic as Kazakhstan has had diplomatic relations with Israel since 1992 and is far farther geographically from Israel than the opposite Abraham Accord nations — Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates.
These nations agreed to normalize relations with Israel because of becoming a member of the accords, one thing Kazakhstan did shortly after gaining independence following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The transfer was first confirmed to The Related Press by three U.S. officers who insisted on anonymity to element plans that hadn’t but been made public. Hours later, Trump posted on his social media website that he’d had “a great call between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, of Israel, and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, of Kazakhstan” and that Kazakhstan is the “first Country of my Second Term to join the Abraham Accords, the first of many.”
Trump known as Kazakhstan becoming a member of “a major step forward in building bridges across the World” and stated “more Nations are lining up to embrace Peace and Prosperity through my Abraham Accords.”
A signing ceremony would quickly make it official, Trump, and “there are many more Countries trying to join this club of STRENGTH.”
“So much more to come in uniting Countries for Stability and Growth — Real progress, real results,” Trump wrote. “BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!”
Trump, a Republican, made the announcement shortly earlier than the beginning of a summit he hosted Thursday night with the leaders of the 5 Central Asian nations, together with Kazakhstan.
Regardless of their earlier long-standing ties, the U.S. officers stated Kazakhstan’s participation within the Abraham Accords with Israel was necessary as it will improve their bilateral commerce and cooperation and signaled that Israel is turning into much less remoted internationally, notably after large criticism and protests over its conduct within the battle in opposition to Hamas in Gaza.
One official maintained that Trump’s nascent peace plan for Gaza had “completely changed the paradigm” and that many nations had been now keen to “move toward the circle of peace” that it had created.
That official stated particular areas of enhanced Israeli-Kazakh cooperation would come with protection, cybersecurity, vitality and meals know-how, though all of these have been topics of earlier bilateral agreements relationship again to the mid-Nineties.
Forward of Thursday night time’s summit between Trump and the Central Asian leaders, Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a working breakfast with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, though the State Division made no point out of something associated to Israel.
Rubio and Tokayev “discussed expanding opportunities for commercial trade and investment as well as increased cooperation with Kazakhstan in energy, technology, and infrastructure,” the division stated in an announcement.
