Israel is working towards formalising relations with a fifth Muslim countryduring US President Donald Trump’s term, which ends next month, an Israeligovernment minister told *Ynet TV* on Wednesday.
The White House has brokered rapprochements between Israel and the UnitedArab Emirateslink,Bahrain, Sudan and Moroccolinkthisyear, with Morocco hosting an Israeli-US delegation on Tuesday to flesh outthe upgrade in relations.
Asked if a fifth country could sign up before Trump steps down on January20, Israeli Regional Cooperation Minister Ofir Akunis told *Ynet TV*: “Weare working in that direction.”
“There will be an American announcement about another country that is goingpublic with the normalisation of relations with Israel and, in essence,with the infrastructure for an accord — a peace accord,” he said.
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He declined to name the country but said there were two main candidates.One is in the Gulf, he said, giving Oman as a possibility while adding thatSaudi Arabia is not.
The other candidate, further to the east, is a “Muslim country that is notsmall” but is not Pakistan, Akunis said.
