United States President Donald Trump has invited Iran to join the Abraham Accords as the peace deal between America and Tehran is nearing its finalisation. United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has hinted that the deal could be finalised today, May 25, adding that Donald Trump was treading carefully in negotiations with Iran.
Taking to Truth Social, Donald Trump invited Iran to join the Abraham Accords, which deal with establishing diplomatic, economic and security ties between Israel and Arab nations.
“I would like to thank, thus far, all of the countries of the Middle East for their support and cooperation, which will be further enhanced and strengthened by their joining the Nations of the historic Abraham Accords and, who knows, perhaps the Islamic Republic of Iran would like to join, as well!” he said.
Trump also hit out at former President Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and suggested that Iran could join the Abraham Accords.
“I would like to thank, thus far, all of the countries of the Middle East for their support and cooperation, which will be further enhanced and strengthened by their joining the Nations of the historic Abraham Accords and, who knows, perhaps the Islamic Republic of Iran would like to join, as well,” Trump said.
What is Abraham Accords and why they matter?
The to normalise relations with Israel. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain signed during Donald Trump’s first term in 2020, breaking a longstanding taboo to become the first Arab states to recognise Israel in a quarter century. Morocco and Sudan followed suit.
As per the Abraham Accords declaration, the nations have agreed to maintain and strengthen peace in the Middle East and around the world. They have agreed to address challenges through “cooperation and dialogue and that developing friendly relations among States advances the interests of lasting peace in the Middle East and around the world.”
The agreements boost trade, tourism, and defence cooperation and maximizing human potential between signatories. By signing the Accords, the nations “pursue a vision of peace, security, and prosperity in the Middle East.”
While Donald Trump has invited Iran to join the Abraham Accords, Tehran has historically refused to recognise the country. The tensions worsened after Israel attacked Gaza.
The US-Iran peace deal
As the the conflict in the West Asia, Donald Trump has reportedly instructed his administration to tread carefully.
In a post on Truth Social, Donald Trump said, “If I make a deal with Iran, it will be a good and proper one, not like the one made by Obama, which gave Iran massive amounts of CASH, and a clear and open path to a Nuclear Weapon.”
“Our deal is the exact opposite, but nobody has seen it, or knows what it is. It isn’t even fully negotiated yet. So don’t listen to the losers, who are critical about something they know nothing about. Unlike those before me who should have solved this problem many years ago, I don’t make bad deals!”
Speaking about the peace deal with Iran, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, “Work still in progress. We thought we might have some news last night, maybe today. So we have what I think is a pretty solid thing on the table in terms of their ability to open up the Strait, get the Straits open, enter into a very real, significant time-limited negotiation on the nuclear matters and hopefully we can pull it off.”
(With agency inputs)
