Le président américain Donald Trump said on Monday that he wanted to link any future agreement with Iran to an extension of the Abraham Accords, calling on several Muslim countries to normalize their relations with Israel as part of a broad diplomatic realignment in the Middle East.
According to Reuters, Trump said he had asked Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan to join the Abraham Accords, concluded in 2020 during his first term between Israel and several Arab states, including the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
This initiative comes as Washington pursues indirect negotiations with Tehran in an attempt to end the nearly three-month-long war between Iran, Israel and the United States.
According to several diplomatic sources, the American administration is seeking to obtain a broader regional agreement combining military de-escalation, guarantees on the Iranian nuclear program and gradual normalization between Israel and several Muslim powers.
Pakistan quickly rejected this proposal, while Israel and the other countries mentioned did not immediately respond officially.
The war in Gaza remains a major obstacle to any regional normalization. Many Muslim countries condition any diplomatic progress with Israel on a solution concerning the Palestinians and a halt to Israeli military operations in the enclave.
An analyst quoted by Reuters suggested that Donald Trump is "trading one fantasy for another," judging it unlikely that an agreement on Iran could quickly lead to a wave of diplomatic recognitions of Israel in the current context.
The Abraham Accords in 2020 enabled the normalization of relations between Israel and several Arab countries under American mediation, as part of a regional strategy aimed in particular at isolating Iran.
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