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- The United States dropped its requirement that Saudi Arabia normalize relations with Israel to advance civil nuclear cooperation ahead of President Trump's mid-May 2025 visit to the kingdom.
- This change follows stalled progress on Saudi recognition of Israel amid regional tensions and separates nuclear talks from broader defense and normalization agreements pursued under the Biden administration.
- Saudi Arabia continues to seek uranium enrichment capabilities and remains unwilling to sign a 123 agreement that would restrict enrichment and plutonium reprocessing tied to weapons pathways.
- During the visit, the U.S. Intends to present Saudi Arabia with a weapons deal valued at more than $100 billion and explore significant economic agreements, while Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has indicated that the kingdom would seek nuclear weapons if Iran were to develop them first.
- The U.S. Concession on normalization may signal a pragmatic approach to nuclear cooperation, though a final deal remains distant and arms control concerns persist.
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Trump drops demand for Saudi normalization with Israel
The Trump administration’s nixing of the previous demand that Saudi Arabia recognize Israel is regarded as a major concession. By Vered Weiss, World Israel News US President Donald Trump has compromised on an earlier demand that the Saudis normalize relations with Israel as a condition for civil nuclear cooperation talks between the US and Saudi Arabia. The Trump administration’s nixing of the previous demand that Saudi Arabia recognize Israel i…
U.S.-Saudi nuclear talks no longer contingent on normalization with Israel, sources say
Washington would be making a significant concession by dropping the demand that Saudi Arabia establish diplomatic relations with Israel. One of the sources said that a deal is not yet within close reach, even without the normalization requirement
Under Trump, Saudi Civil Nuclear Talks Delinked From Israel Recognition, Sources Say
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque The United States is no longer demanding Saudi Arabia normalize ties with Israel as a condition for progress on civil nuclear cooperation talks, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters ahead of US President Donald Trump‘s visit next week. Dropping the demand that Saudi Arabia establish diplomatic rel…
Trump backs down to hand 'major concession' to Saudi Arabia: report
The U.S. is no longer requiring Saudi Arabia to formally recognize Israel in order to move forward on nuclear cooperation talks, according to Reuters.The move is considered to be a "major concession by Washington.""Under former President Joe Biden, nuclear talks were an element of a wider U.S.-Saudi...
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