Posted on 12/23/21
| News Source: i24
Blinken raised issue of joining Abraham Accords during visit to capital Jakarta last week
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised the issue of normalizing relations with Israel during a visit last week to Indonesia, according to reporting by journalist Barak Ravid in the Walla! News site.
Senior Israeli officials told Ravid that Blinken raised the prospect of joining the Abraham Accords at the highest levels of the Indonesian government while in the capital Jakarta.
However, according to these officials, no immediate breakthrough is expected.
An Israeli diplomat met last month with Indonesia’s defense minister at an international event in Bahrain, Israeli media reported.
The meeting between Itay Tagner, Israel's chargé d’affaires in the Gulf state, and Prabowo Subianto took place on the sidelines of the 17th IISS Manama Dialogue in the Bahraini capital of Manama.
Indonesia is the most populous Muslim-majority country and has been mentioned as a potential addition to the Abraham Accords that includes the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan.