Kazakhstan Joins Abraham Accords as Trump Seeks Expansion (1)

Kazakhstan is joining the Abraham Accords, President Donald Trump said, a largely symbolic move as the US looks to inject new momentum into the initiative following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is in Washington for a meeting between Central Asian leaders and Trump.

Kazakhstan’s president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

Photographer: David Dee Delgado/Bloomberg

The move is mostly symbolic since Kazakhstan has had diplomatic relations with Israel for many years.

Trump, following a call he hosted with Tokayev and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, hailed Kazakhstan’s decision as a “major step forward in building bridges across the World.”

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