Trump links Abraham Accords to Iran deal

Washington
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that negotiations with Iran were “proceeding nicely” and said he asked countries including the UAE, Qatar, Pakistan, Egypt and Jordan to sign onto the Abraham Accords as part of US efforts to reach a deal with Iran.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, “It will only be a great deal for all or no deal at all — back to the battlefront and shooting, but bigger and stronger than ever before — and nobody wants that,” he said.
He further said that during his discussions on Saturday with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, and Minister Ali al-Thawadi, as well as Field Marshal Asim Munir, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, and Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
“I stated that, after all the work done by the US 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,” he stated.
Trump said that the countries discussed included Saudi Arabia, the UAE (already a member), Qatar, Pakistan, Türkiye, Egypt, Jordan, and Bahrain (already a member). He added that while one or two might have reasons not to join, “that will be accepted, but most should be ready, willing, and able” to make the settlement a far more historic event than it would otherwise be.
He said the Abraham Accords had proven to be, for the countries involved (the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, and Kazakhstan), a financial, economic, and social boom, even during a time of conflict and war, with current members never suggesting leaving or even pausing participation. “The reason for this is that the Abraham Accords have been great for them, and will be even better for everybody, and bring true power, strength, and peace to the Middle East for the first time in 5,000 years.
It will be a document respected like no other that has ever been signed anywhere in the world,” he added.
The US president said the process should begin with the immediate signing by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, with others expected to follow. He warned that those who do not sign “should not be part of this deal, in that it shows bad intention”.
“In speaking to numerous of the great leaders mentioned above, they would be honoured, as soon as our document is signed, to have the Islamic Republic of Iran as part of the Abraham Accords. Wow, now that would be something special! This will be the most important deal that any of these great but always in conflict countries will ever sign. Nothing in the past or in the future will surpass it,” he said.
“Therefore, I am mandatorily requesting that all countries immediately sign the Abraham Accords, and that, if Iran signs its agreement with me, as President of the United States of America, it would be an honour to have them also be part of this unparalleled world coalition. The Middle East would be united, powerful, and economically strong, like perhaps no other area anywhere in the world. By copy of this TRUTH, I am asking my representatives to begin, and successfully complete, the process of signing these countries into the already historic Abraham Accords,” he said.
Trump said those countries would be honoured to have Iran as part of the accords, a set of agreements to normalise relations with Israel.