Details of President Donald Trump’s Iran peace deal phone call with Muslim leaders reveals longer term goal
Donald Trump’s phone call with Muslim leaders about ending the Iran war included discussions on a much broader peace plan for the region, according to a report that emerged Sunday.
The president on Saturday asked several Middle Eastern countries to make peace agreements with Israel by signing the Abraham Accords. axios.
The leaders of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, Bahrain and Jordan were aligned with Trump when he demanded they sign the historic agreement.
The outlet added that the main goal would be to broker a peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Trump told Arab world leaders that his next phone call will be with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
He added that he hoped Netanyahu would join them for a meeting in the near future.
According to Axios, when Trump’s request was met with silence, the US President jokingly asked Middle Eastern leaders if they were still on the line.
According to the report, Trump told Gulf leaders that his envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff would follow up on the issue in the coming weeks.
During his phone call on Saturday, US President Donald Trump reportedly asked many Arab countries to sign peace agreements with Israel if an agreement is reached to end the Iran war.
It has been reported that Trump’s main goal after ending the war will be to get Saudi Arabia to sign the Abraham Accords
Kushner and Witkoff led negotiations on behalf of the United States in key global conflicts during Trump’s second administration, including Iran, Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Gaza.
The Abraham Accords, which aimed to normalize relations between many Arab states with Israel, were a major milestone of the first Trump administration.
In addition to Israel, the countries that have signed so far include Bahrain, Morocco, UAE and Sudan.
On Sunday morning, Trump expressed his desire for more Middle Eastern countries to sign peace agreements with Israel.
“I want to thank all the countries in the Middle East for their support and cooperation so far, which will grow stronger and stronger as they join the Nations that participated in the historic Abraham Accords,” Trump said. Real Social.
He added: ‘Who knows, maybe the Islamic Republic of Iran will want to join too!’
Trump also said the US relationship with Iran “has become much more professional and productive.”
But he called on Iran to ‘understand’ that it cannot develop nuclear weapons or bombs.
Trump reportedly told Muslim leaders he hoped Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would join them in a future meeting
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of Trump, said the agreement, if approved, would be ‘one of the most important agreements in the history of the Middle East’.
“Having Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Pakistan join the Abraham Accords would be beyond transformative for the region and the world,” Graham wrote. X.
“This is a great move by President Trump,” he added.
The Republican lawmaker called on Arab countries to join the Abraham Accords and be ‘bold for the future of a new Middle East’.
However, Graham also warned against rejecting Trump’s offer.
“If you refuse to go down this path as President Trump proposes, it will have serious repercussions on our future relations and will make this peace proposal unacceptable,” he said.
“Moreover, from the standpoint of history, this will be viewed as a gross miscalculation,” Graham wrote.
Trump announced yesterday afternoon that the Iran peace deal was “substantially negotiated” but was still “expected to be finalized.”
“In addition to many elements of the agreement, the Strait of Hormuz will also be opened,” he said. Real Social.
According to Axios, UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed was among Muslim leaders who told Trump they support the deal to end the war.
Iran peace deal ‘largely negotiated’ but still ‘pending finalization,’ Trump said Saturday afternoon
Agreement to end conflict would include opening of Strait of Hormuz, according to Trump on Truth Social
The US President also noted that his phone call with Netanyahu “went very well.”
However, Trump did not disclose any other details about his meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister.
Iran will agree to give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, but how this will happen will be discussed over a 60-day period. Associated Press.
The deal would also mean a gradual reopening of the strait and an end to the US blockade, the outlet added.
It is reported that Iran will be allowed to sell its oil through exemption from sanctions.
On Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that “significant progress, although not final progress, has been made” in the negotiations.
Rubio also said that the ‘first phase’ of the agreement would be the complete reopening of the strait.
‘Second, Iran needs to engage in serious negotiations on three issues: its commitments to never have nuclear weapons, long-term restrictions on its enrichment capabilities, and what will you do with highly enriched uranium?’ he told India Today.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei told the state news agency that there were “fluctuating differences” between Iran and the United States.
But Baghaei said Iran was cautious after being attacked twice during nuclear negotiations last year.
The Daily Mail has reached out to the White House for comment.
