Kazakhstan is to join the Abraham Accords, US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday.

Mr Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he held a phone call between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

"Kazakhstan is the first country of my second term to join the Abraham Accords, the first of many. This is a major step forward in building bridges across the world," Mr Trump said.

He added that "there are many more countries trying to join this club of strength".

During a dinner for Central Asian leaders following multilateral meetings, Mr Tokayev hailed Mr Trump as the "president of peace", calling him a "great leader and statesman".

The original signatories to the Abraham Accords at the White House in 2020. Bloomberg

Kazakhstan will be the fifth country to join the agreement, after the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan. The original agreement established relations between the Arab countries and Israel.

The latest move is mostly symbolic because Kazakhstan has had diplomatic relations with Israel for many years. Mr Trump said more countries would sign on to the accords, particularly those previously reluctant to join due to Iran.

"When Iran was the bully of the Middle East ... which it isn't any more, they had a hard time going against it," Mr Trump said. "People really want to come in, and so we are in very active discussions."

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained the accords are about more than establishing embassies in each other's capitals.