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Trump, Kazakhstan and the search for new momentum for the Abraham Accords

Announced with great fanfare by the White House, Donald Trump’s new diplomatic breakthrough ultimately turned out to be Kazakhstan.

Trump, Kazakhstan and the search for new momentum for the Abraham Accords

U.S. President Donald Trump (3rd from left) listens to Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (3rd from right) speak during a dinner with Central Asian leaders in the East Room of the White House, in Washington DC, on Nov. 6, 2025. (Credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP)

As Washington prepares to host Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) on Nov. 18, Donald Trump is reviving what he considers his "greatest diplomatic achievement": the Abraham Accords.On Thursday, Nov. 6, the American president announced that Kazakhstan, a Muslim-majority country in Central Asia, would join the diplomatic framework aimed at normalizing relations between Israel and the Muslim world.The announcement came at the end of a call between Donald Trump, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (who was visiting the White House), and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "An excellent discussion," the U.S. president wrote on his Truth Social network, describing Kazakhstan as "the first country of my second term to join the Abraham Accords, the first of a long series." On another front Lay...
As Washington prepares to host Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) on Nov. 18, Donald Trump is reviving what he considers his "greatest diplomatic achievement": the Abraham Accords.On Thursday, Nov. 6, the American president announced that Kazakhstan, a Muslim-majority country in Central Asia, would join the diplomatic framework aimed at normalizing relations between Israel and the Muslim world.The announcement came at the end of a call between Donald Trump, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (who was visiting the White House), and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "An excellent discussion," the U.S. president wrote on his Truth Social network, describing Kazakhstan as "the first country of my second term to join the Abraham Accords, the first of a long series." On another front Lay...
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