Trump says he expects expansion of Abraham accords soon
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US President Donald Trump said he had spoken to states that have indicated their willingness to join the accords.
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WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said he expected an expansion of the Abraham Accords soon and hopes Saudi Arabia will join the pact that normalised diplomatic relations between Israel and some Arab states.
“I hope to see Saudi Arabia go in, and I hope to see others go in. I think when Saudi Arabia goes in, everybody goes in,” Mr Trump said in an interview broadcast on Oct 17 on Fox Business Network (FBN).
Mr Trump said he had had “some very good conversations” as recently as Oct 15 with states that have indicated their willingness to join the accords.
“I think that they’re going to all go in very soon,” Mr Trump said in the interview, which was recorded on Oct 16.
The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed the accords in 2020
Mr Trump, who convened Muslim and European leaders in Egypt to discuss the future of the Gaza Strip on Oct 13, has presented his plan to end the war in Gaza as the catalyst for a wider regional peace settlement.
He said then that more countries would join the Abraham Accords initiative and even floated the idea of a peace deal between arch Middle East enemies Iran and Israel, telling the Israeli Parliament he thought Iran wanted one: “Wouldn’t it be nice?”
The interview was broadcast on FBN’s Mornings with Maria. REUTERS
