00:00Meanwhile, the U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords,
00:06the U.S. brokered agreement aimed at normalizing ties between Israel and Muslim-majority nations.
00:12The announcement came as Trump met Kazakh President Qasim Jomat Tokayev
00:16and four other Central Asian leaders at the White House,
00:19as Washington seeks to strengthen ties in a region long influenced by Russia and China.
00:24In a post on Truth Social, Trump said a signing ceremony would take place soon,
00:32adding that many more countries were seeking to join the Accords.
00:36The Kazakh government confirmed that discussions were in their final stage.
00:40The move is largely symbolic as Kazakhstan has maintained diplomatic relations with Israel since 1992,
00:48shortly after gaining independence following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
00:51Since their creation in 2020, the Abraham Accords have brought Israel into formal relations
00:57with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco.
01:01Trump has expressed optimism that Saudi Arabia could be next,
01:05although Riyadh has insisted that progress depends on a pathway to Palestinian statehood.
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