Trump's Belt and Road: Abraham Accords reach Central Asia

Middle East initiative becomes new US tool for global power projection

20251110 Trump Central Asia

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a dinner with the leaders of the C5+1 Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, in the East Room of the White House on Nov. 6.  © Reuters

KEN MORIYASU

WASHINGTON -- Last week, Kazakhstan became the first country in U.S. President Donald Trump's second term to join the Abraham Accords, a diplomatic initiative aimed at normalizing relations between Israel and Muslim-majority nations.

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