WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has urged all Middle Eastern countries to join the Abraham Accords, saying it would help ensure peace in the region.
“Now that the nuclear arsenal being ‘created’ by Iran has been totally OBLITERATED, it is very important to me that all Middle Eastern Countries join the Abraham Accords,” Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, on Thursday.
“This will ensure PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST,” he added, using all caps for emphasis.
The Abraham Accords, initiated in 2020 during Trump’s presidency, were aimed at normalising diplomatic ties between Israel and Arab states.
Trump has frequently credited the accords as a key foreign policy achievement and has indicated that more nations were interested in joining. “We have some really great countries in there right now, and I think we are going to start loading them up, because Iran was the primary problem,” he said in earlier remarks.
Efforts to expand the Abraham Accords have been hampered by the war in Gaza, where over 60,000 people have been killed, sparking global outrage.
In response, Canada, France, and the UK have recently announced plans to recognise an independent Palestinian state.
WHO Confirms 99 deaths from malnutrition in Gaza
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said that 99 people have died from malnutrition in the Gaza Strip so far this year.
Global outrage over the humanitarian situation in Gaza has enhanced pressure on Israel, with UN agencies warning of famine in the devastated Palestinian territory.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged scaled-up, sustained, and unimpeded aid flow into Gaza, via all possible routes.
