By Jackson Richman and Amel Akan

Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords, a senior U.S. administration official told The Epoch Times.

Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will tell U.S. President Donald Trump on Nov. 6 during a White House summit of Central Asian countries that his country will join the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco as a signatory to the agreements established in 2020.

The move will be symbolic as Kazakhstan has enjoyed diplomatic relations with Israel since 1992.

Israel’s embassy is in the Kazakh capital Astana, while Kazakhstan’s embassy in Israel is in Tel Aviv.

“This is going to show that the Abraham Accords is a club that many countries want to be a member of and it will be a step for turning the page on the war in Gaza and moving forward towards more peace and cooperation in the region,” a U.S. official told Axios.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff previewed the announcement during a conference in Miami on Nov. 6.

“Abraham Accords—I’m flying back to Washington tonight, because we’re going to announce tonight another country,” he said without naming the country.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Tokayev on Nov. 6.

“The two discussed expanding opportunities for commercial trade and investment as well as increased cooperation with Kazakhstan in energy, technology, and infrastructure,” according to a statement from the State Department.

Tokayev met with Amir Ohana, the speaker of Israel’s Knesset, on April 8 to discuss economic and investment opportunities such as water cooperation.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Kazakhstan in 2016, the first Israeli prime minister to do so.

More than 25 percent of Israel’s oil purchases come from Kazakhstan.

The U.S. Jewish community celebrated the announcement.

“I welcome Kazakhstan’s decision to join the Abraham Accords. I am proud to have discussed this initiative with President Tokayev during our several meetings in Astana,” Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, said in a statement.

“In joining the Abraham Accords, how ironic that yet another Muslim-majority country is publicly demonstrating its support for a two-state solution, while New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani refuses to recognize Israel’s right to exist as a democratic Jewish nation,” Schneier said. “He must get on the peace train before history leaves him behind.”

Trump has been trying to expand the Abraham Accords, with the goal of bringing in Saudi Arabia and Syria. The kingdom said it will only do so if Israel commits to a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. This comes as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin-Salman is set to visit the White House on Nov. 18.