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Trump eyes bringing Azerbaijan, Central Asian nations into Abraham Accords, sources say
AZERBAIJAN, AUG 1 – Trump administration seeks to include Azerbaijan and Central Asian nations in Abraham Accords to enhance trade and military ties, with talks advancing amid regional challenges.
- Amid efforts to broaden Middle East pacts, President Donald Trump's administration is exploring bringing Azerbaijan and Central Asian allies into the Abraham Accords, sources said.
- Symbolic expansion would reflect Trump's openness to pacts involving countries that already have longstanding ties with Israel, making the move largely symbolic.
- Azerbaijani officials contacted leaders in Central Asian nations, including Kazakhstan, after Steve Witkoff, Trump's special envoy for peace missions, met President Ilham Aliyev in Baku.
- Despite slow Armenia-Azerbaijan talks, sources said a deal could be reached within months or weeks, though challenges remain.
- In the resource-rich Caucasus and Central Asia, competition among major powers intensifies, as the second round of expansion aims to boost U.S. and Israeli soft power, sources said.
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Trump wants Central Asian nations into Abraham Accords
President Donald Trump's administration is actively discussing with Azerbaijan the possibility of bringing that nation and some Central Asian allies into the Abraham Accords, hoping to deepen their existing ties with Israel, according to five sources with knowledge of the matter. Azerbaijan and every country in Central Asia, by contrast, already have longstanding relations with Israel, meaning that an expansion of the accords to include them wou…
Trump eyes Central Asian nations into Abraham Accords
President Donald Trump's administration is actively discussing with Azerbaijan the possibility of bringing that nation and some Central Asian allies into the Abraham Accords, hoping to deepen their existing ties with Israel, according to five sources with knowledge of the matter. As part of the Abraham Accords, inked in 2020 and 2021 during Trump's first term in office, four Muslim-majority countries agreed to normalize diplomatic relations with…
Report: Trump wants to expand Abraham Accords into Central Asia, beginning with Israel's ally Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan is one of Israel's closest allies, and most other Central Asian states have longstanding ties with Israel, meaning that an expansion of the Accords to include them would largely be symbolic
Trump pushes to expand Abraham Accords with Azerbaijan, Central Asian nations, say sources
The Trump administration is in advanced talks with Azerbaijan and preliminary discussions with Central Asian nations to expand the Abraham Accords, according to sources. The initiative aims to solidify symbolic ties with Israel, despite regional tensions and the ongoing war in Gaza.
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