Pakistan finds itself in a fix amid US President Donald Trump's latest demand for Islamabad to sign the so-called Abraham Accords to normalize ties with Israel as part of a potential deal to end the Iran war.
Trump said on Monday that any agreement to end the Iran war should see countries like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Qatar join the Abraham Accords, which the US President brokered during his first term in 2020.
"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 in a social media post. "Those Countries discussed are Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (already a Member!), Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, and Bahrain (already a Member!)."
Trump insisted that Saudi Arabia and Qatar should immediately sign the agreements, "and everybody else should follow suit."
The Abraham Accords are a series of bilateral agreements brokered by the US and are aimed at normalizing ties between Israel and several Arab countries. The first agreements were signed on September 15, 2020, between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, and Israel and Bahrain.Iran and Trump talk down hopes of imminent dealTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
