JERUSALEM – A group of Republican and Democrat congressional lawmakers have sent a letter to the State Department that requests the Biden administration expand the Abraham Accords in Africa to counter the influence of American adversaries.
Fox News Digital obtained the bipartisan congressional letter, which states, “We believe it is in our national security interest, as well as in the interests of sustainability, for the Biden Administration to continue strengthening and expanding the Accords and to further promote normalization with Israel on the African continent.”
The Trump administration negotiated the groundbreaking Abraham Accords, first signed in 2020, that secured diplomatic relations between four Muslim-majority countries with Israel. Those countries include the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan.
“We believe this broader framework of engagement can be vital to American efforts to combat endeavors by China and Russia to undermine sovereignty and stability…