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U.S. President Donald Trump said he has asked a group of countries, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey, to join the Abraham Accords as part of a broader diplomatic arrangement linked to a potential agreement with Iran.

In a post on Truth Social on Monday, Trump said he had spoken over the weekend with leaders from those countries, as well as the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, which were among the first signatories to the accords. The agreements, brokered during Trump’s first term in office, normalized relations between Israel and several Arab states.

Trump said he was “mandatorily requesting” that countries immediately sign the Abraham Accords and suggested that Iran could also become part of the initiative if it reaches an agreement with the United States.

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“If Iran signs its Agreement with me, as President of the United States of America, it would be an Honor to have them also be part of this unparalleled World Coalition,” Trump wrote.

He said the proposal reflected efforts by the United States to bring together multiple parties in what he described as a complex diplomatic process. Trump added that the countries he contacted would be honored to include Iran in the accords once a deal ending the conflict is achieved.

While acknowledging that one or two countries may have reasons not to participate, Trump said he believed most were “ready, willing, and able” to support the initiative and help make any settlement with Iran a more significant historic event.

The U.S. president also said negotiations with Iran were “proceeding nicely,” though he did not indicate that an agreement was close.

Trump has repeatedly expressed a desire to expand the Abraham Accords, which were first signed in 2020 by the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. The agreements marked the first normalization of relations between Arab states and Israel in a quarter century. Morocco and Sudan later joined the framework.

Saudi Arabia had been viewed as a potential future participant after a ceasefire in Gaza last year, but Riyadh has not signaled a willingness to move forward. Egypt and Jordan already maintain diplomatic relations with Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office did not immediately comment on Trump’s remarks as reported in Reuters.