US President Donald Trump said yesterday that he asked Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan to join the Abraham Accords en masse to normalise relations with Israel as he tries to negotiate an agreement to end the war with Iran.
Pakistan rejected the proposal.
Saudi Arabia longstanding position has been that it would not sign the accords unless there is an agreement on a roadmap to Palestinian statehood.
None of the other countries has so far publicly reacted to Trump’s demand and a positive response was unlikely when the public mistrust of Israel in these nations remains high over the scale of its military offensive in Gaza.
Trump said he spoke on Saturday to leaders of those countries.
“I am mandatorily requesting that all Countries immediately sign the Abraham Accords, and that, if Iran signs its Agreement with me, as President of the United States of America, it would be an Honour to have them also be part of this unparalleled World Coalition,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
He cited “all the work done by the US to try and pull this very complex puzzle together.”
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