It will become the first Central Asian country to join cooperation agreements with Israel
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Kazakhstan is about to become the newest member of the Abraham Accords. The official announcement will be made by Steve Witkoff, United States Special Envoy for the Middle East, who confirmed that he will travel to Washington to make the news public.
During a business forum in Florida, Witkoff anticipated that a new country would join the historic normalization process with Israel, emphasizing that this "will revitalize" the Accords and open the door to more accessions.
So far, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco are part of the cooperation framework promoted by Donald Trump's administration in 2020. Sudan also signed its accession in 2021, although the agreement was put on hold due to the country's internal instability.
The United States' special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff
Witkoff recalled that one of Washington's main objectives, in coordination with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, is to expand normalization with Arab and Muslim countries to strengthen regional stability.
"We seek normalization with nations that just a few years ago no one would have imagined close to Israel. That will bring stability and prosperity to the Middle East", Witkoff stated.
Previous relations between Israel and Kazakhstan
Israel and Kazakhstan established diplomatic relations in 1992, shortly after Kazakh independence. That same year, the Israeli embassy was opened in Almaty, and in 2016 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a historic visit to the country. In 2022, both governments signed a trilateral cooperation agreement to promote development projects between Israel and Central Asian nations.
Kazakhstan's Chief Rabbi, Yeshaya Cohen, described the announcement as "exciting but natural", highlighting the country's commitment to peace and tolerance.
"I have lived here since 1994, and Kazakhstan has always been a model of coexistence. This step reflects the essence of its foreign policy", he stated.
Cohen recalled that in Almaty lies the tomb of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, father of the Rebbe of Lubavitch, exiled there by Soviet authorities. Just a few meters from the tomb stands today the country's main synagogue, a symbol of the Kazakh government's respect for the Jewish community.
If its accession is confirmed, Kazakhstan would be the first Central Asian country to join the Abraham Accords, consolidating its role as a bridge between East and West and reinforcing Israel's position as a strategic partner for the region.
