İSTANBUL (GOLDENHORN AGENCY) – On Sunday, Israel is holding what it has labeled a “historic summit” with the foreign ministers of three Arab nations it has normalized ties with – the UAE, Bahrain and Morocco. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other top diplomats from the U.S. will also be attending the summit. On Friday, the Israeli foreign ministry said: “At the invitation of Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, this upcoming Sunday and Monday…a historic diplomatic summit will be held in Israel.” A day after Blinken announced his visit to Israel and the West Bank, the announcement about the historic summit was released. Blinken will be in the diplomatic meetings with Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan from the UAE, Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani from Bahrain and Nasser Bourita from Morocco.
There will be a series of diplomatic meetings on both days but no details were forthcoming on what will be discussed. The three nations – The United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco normalized ties with Israel through a U.S.-brokered deal, the Abraham Accords that happened during the Trump administration under the guise of economic benefits to all signatories. The UAE was the first to normalize ties in 2020 with Bahrain and Morocco following later. Strengthening the accords has been a top priority of the Israeli government. It schedules regular diplomatic meetings with member countries and is would like to expand the agreements.
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