US says new country joining Abraham Accords on Thursday

• The White House is set to announce tonight that another country will normalize ties with ‘Israel’ under the Abraham Accords, according to a US envoy.
• That country is reportedly Kazakhstan, which plans to formalize its intent during a summit with President Trump on Thursday.

The White House is set to announce later Thursday that a new country will normalize ties with ‘Israel’ under the so-called Abraham Accords, US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff said.

"I'm flying back to Washington tonight because we're going to announce, tonight, another country coming into the Abraham Accords," Witkoff said at the America Business Forum in Miami.

Reportedly Kazakhstan 

Kazakhstan is the country in question, according to a report by Axios.

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev plans to reveal the decision during a Thursday summit with US President Donald Trump and leaders from four other Central Asian states.

Prior to the meeting, Tokayev contacted the White House to express interest in accession. The two leaders will include ‘Israeli’ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu via a call to formalize the intent.

The Abraham Accords, a hallmark of Trump's first term, normalized ties between ‘Israel’ and nations like the UAE, Bahrain, and Morocco.

A senior US official described the step as revitalizing the accords as a desirable alliance for cooperation between ‘Israel’ and the broader Arab and Muslim world.

Another official noted: "This is going to show that the Abraham Accords is a club that many countries want to be a member of and it will be a step for turning the page on the war in Gaza and moving forward towards more peace and cooperation in the region."

Trump, who last month told Axios that bolstering ‘Israel's’ global standing post-Gaza assault is a key goal, envisions a White House signing event involving ‘Israel’, Kazakhstan, and potentially others.

For Kazakhstan, the move coincides with a new US pact on critical minerals.