Posted on 09/17/21
| News Source: i24
The virtual event amounted to a full embrace by the Biden admin of the Trump-brokered normalization deals
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken promised Friday to encourage more Arab countries to recognize Israel as he met with top diplomats from the Jewish state and from three Arab countries a year after they began normalization.
The virtual event bringing together top diplomats of Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco amounted to a full embrace by President Joe Biden of the Abraham Accords, which his predecessor Donald Trump considered a key foreign policy legacy.
"This administration will continue to build on the successful efforts of the last administration to keep normalization marching forward," Blinken said. "We will encourage more countries to follow the lead of the Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco. We want to widen the circle of peaceful diplomacy."
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said he would pay a first visit to Bahrain later this month. He has already visited the other two Arab states.
"This Abraham Accords club is open for new members," Lapid said.