President Donald Trump said Monday that six Muslim-majority nations must join the Abraham Accords if they want to participate in an agreement currently being negotiated with Iran.
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In a Memorial Day post on Truth Social, Trump said the negotiations with Iran were “proceeding nicely” but added that he had made normalization with Israel a condition for several regional governments seeking involvement in the deal.
Trump said he spoke Saturday with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey and Jordan and told them they should formally recognize Israel through the Abraham Accords framework.
“I stated that, after all the work done by the United States to try and pull this very complex puzzle together, it should be mandatory that all of these Countries, at a minimum, simultaneously, sign onto the Abraham Accords,” Trump wrote.
The Abraham Accords were brokered during Trump’s first term and established diplomatic relations between Israel and several Arab nations. United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were the first countries to sign the accords in September 2020, followed later by Morocco and Sudan.
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Trump indicated there could be limited exceptions but said most countries involved should support the agreement.
“It may be possible that one or two have a reason for not doing so, and that will be accepted, but most should be ready, willing, and able to make this Settlement with Iran a far more Historic Event than it would, otherwise, be,” Trump wrote.
The president added that he was “mandatorily requesting” the concession from those governments.
“If they don’t, they should not be part of this Deal in that it shows bad intention,” Trump said.
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