RIYADH: US President Donald Trump said Monday he had asked several countries to join the Abraham Accords to normalize relations with Israel as part of an agreement with Iran.
The countries included Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan and Turkiye.
The president said he spoke on Saturday to leaders of those countries, as well as the UAE and Bahrain, who are both already part of the accords after they signed the set of agreements in 2020 during Trump's first term.
“I am mandatorily requesting that all countries immediately sign the Abraham Accords, and that, if Iran signs its Agreement with me, as President of the United States of America, it would be an Honor to have them also be part of this unparalleled World Coalition,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
He cited “all the work done by the United States to try and pull this very complex puzzle together.”
However Trump’s post has left many pundits saying it has raised questions that remained unanswered, such as the fact that Egypt and Jordan, for example, already have signed peace deals with Israel which have preceded the Abraham Accords. Turkiye in the meantime already has normal ties with Israel.
A Saudi source told CNN that the Kingdom would not normalize relations with Israel without “an irreversible path toward the establishment of a Palestinian state,” reaffirming Saudi Arabia’s long-standing position.
Saudi Arabia also last made its position clear during Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s visit to Washington last November.
“We want to be part of the Abraham Accords, but we want also to be sure that (we) secure a clear path (toward a) two-state solution,” Prince Mohammed told the press pool back then.
