The President of the United States has expressed optimism about the future of the Abraham Accords. This process, initiated in 2020 during his first term in the White House, now requires the involvement of powerful Arab countries. “I believe Saudi Arabia will join the Abraham Accords,” declared the Republican billionaire in an interview published on Friday, April 25, by Time Magazine.
Staying true to his previous statements, Donald Trump accused former U.S. President, Democrat Joe Biden, of “doing nothing” to expand the circle of the Abraham Accords. As a reminder, former U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had stated on January 19, 2021, during his hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for the confirmation of his nomination, that he intended to “carefully review the commitments made in the framework of normalizing relations between certain Arab countries and Israel.”
On March 28, during an Iftar held at the White House in honor of ambassadors from Islamic countries, Donald Trump reiterated his determination to continue with the normalization initiated in 2020. “My administration is actively pursuing diplomacy to establish lasting peace in the Middle East, building on the historic Abraham Accords,” he affirmed.
In 2020, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan had already joined this process.
Trump plans to visit Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, and Qatar from May 13 to 16.