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Kazakhstan Joins Abraham Accords Roundtable as U.S. Attends

By Drooid · Sep 25, 2026, 10:54 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Kazakhstan met in New York for an Abraham Accords roundtable.
U.S. Under Secretary of State Allison Hooker attended the N7 Foundation-convened meeting.
It was the first multilateral Abraham Accords meeting since January 2023.
Kazakhstan joined for the first time, signaling intent to enter the Accords framework.
The United States views the Accords as a key element of its regional strategy.

History

Historical Context

On March 26 1979 Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin signed the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in Washington, witnessed by President Jimmy Carter, ending three wars and establishing the Multinational Force and Observers in 1981 to monitor Sinai. The 2024 Abraham Accords roundtable in New York, led by U.S. Under Secretary Allison Hooker and Kazakhstan’s foreign ministry, builds on that normalization model to extend U.S. influence into Central Asia.

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Story summary

Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Kazakhstan met in New York for an Abraham Accords roundtable.
U.S. Under Secretary of State Allison Hooker attended the N7 Foundation-convened meeting.
It was the first multilateral Abraham Accords meeting since January 2023.
Kazakhstan joined for the first time, signaling intent to enter the Accords framework.
The United States views the Accords as a key element of its regional strategy.

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