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A new country will formally join normalization deals with Israel that are collectively known as the Abraham Accords, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy announced Thursday, Anadolu reports. Steve Witkoff declined to specify which country would be joining, but said the announcement would be made Thursday evening at an event that he is returning to Washington to attend. “I’m flying back to Washington tonight because we’re going to announce tonight, another country coming into the Abraham Accords,” Witkoff said during a business forum in Miami, Florida. Trump is slated to host the leaders of five Central Asian countries — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan — at the White House on Thursday evening. It is unclear if the announcement will […]
