Vance says Kazakhstan joining Abraham Accords gives initiative ‘momentum’

US President Donald Trump is pressed by reporters on the significance of Kazakhstan joining the Abraham Accords, given that the country has held ties with Israel for over three decades.

Trump asks US Vice President JD Vance to answer the question for him during a dinner with the leaders of five Central Asian countries at the White House.

“What the president has done is signal that the momentum of the Abraham Accords is alive and well in the second administration. It’s not just going to be Kazakhstan, but also several other countries that join in the months to come,” Vance says.

Chiming in, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Abraham Accords go beyond bilateral relationships between Israel and the member countries.

“You’re now creating a partnership that brings special and unique economic development on all sorts of issues… The strength of it is to have majority Muslim countries and the Jewish state able to partner on things to show the world that it is possible,” Rubio says.

Asked whether he’ll discuss the Abraham Accords with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa when the latter visits the White House on Monday, Trump avoids answering directly.

Instead, he reiterates that Sharaa is doing a “very good job” in a “tough neighborhood,” which is why he chose to remove US sanctions over Damascus.