Pakistan Reaffirms It Will Not Join Abraham Accords After Trump Appeal
Pakistan says it will not recognize Israel until a Palestinian state is created, rejecting Trump’s call to expand the Abraham Accords.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump urged Pakistan and other Muslim-majority nations to join the Abraham Accords via social media, declaring it 'should be mandatory that all of these Countries, at a minimum, simultaneously, sign onto the Abraham Accords,' while notably omitting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and mentioning Field Marshal Asim Munir instead.
- Trump's 2020 Abraham Accords framework sought to normalize Israeli-Arab diplomatic ties, attracting signatories including the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, Kazakhstan and Sudan; Pakistan announced in 2020 under Prime Minister Imran Khan that it would never join the accords, reaffirming this stance in January 2026 under Sharif's government.
- Defence Minister Khawaja Asif rejected the accords on ideological grounds, stating 'Personally, I don't think we should join any such accord that clashes with our fundamental ideologies' and questioning Israel's credibility, while emphasizing Pakistan's unchanged seven-decade policy requiring Palestinian statehood with East Jerusalem as capital.
- Trump's appeal placed Pakistan in a diplomatic dilemma over concerns that accepting the accords would compromise its Jammu and Kashmir position; a Pakistani source rejected linkage between accords participation and separate Gaza peace initiatives, asserting 'Pakistan is under no compulsion to adhere to any such demand.'
- Trump characterizes the accords as potentially 'the most important Deal' in regional history, claiming existing members received a 'Financial, Economic, and Social BOOM,' and has instructed representatives to expand membership to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan after Iran peace talks conclude.
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Pakistan defence minister rejects joining Abraham Accords
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