The challenges of Saudi Arabia and the United States to conclude a security agreement

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, America to convince Saudi Arabia In order to join the process of normalizing relations with the Zionist regime, he has promised to conclude a security agreement with Riyadh, and this security agreement has been introduced by the Western media as an important development in the relations between Washington and Riyadh.

The discussion about the conclusion of the security agreement has been discussed for a long time, and due to political and legal reasons, there were problems in its finalization; Because two countries have different views about this treaty. From America’s point of view, the signing of the security agreement with Saudi Arabia depends on the normalization of relations between this country and the Zionist regime. Meanwhile, it seems that Riyadh has not come to terms with this precondition, and in the current situation, the possibility of normalizing relations with Tel Aviv is more difficult than ever.

Traditionally, Arabia It follows the two-state policy based on the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, which was called the Arab Initiative in 2002. This is while the Zionist regime basically does not accept this solution and has made it impossible to implement this plan by usurping Palestinian land in Jerusalem and building settlements in the West Bank.

The Zionist regime’s criminal attack on Gaza and the killing of 35,000 Palestinians has made it more difficult than ever for Saudi Arabia, which claims to be the leader of the Arab and Islamic world in the region, to normalize relations with the regime. RTL”>Abandoning traditional politics, which is the basis of Saudi foreign policy strategy in Damascus, will have political consequences for Riyadh in addition to the aspect of public diplomacy. Therefore, Saudi Arabia is trying to separate this security agreement from the normalization case, but “Jake Sullivan”, the American national security adviser, clearly stated that the agreement to normalize relations with Tel Aviv will be a precondition for concluding a security agreement between the United States and Saudi Arabia.

In addition to considerations related to the Palestinian conflict, it seems that Riyadh and Washington still have a serious disagreement about the principle of the agreement, because the definition of the agreement by the two countries is different in their statements. Is.

Arabia insists that the security agreement includes the guarantee of the United States regarding the commitment to ensure the security of Saudi Arabia and counter any attack on this country, and in addition, Washington places a limit on the supply of modern weapons to the Saudi army. not be This is while America is mostly considering an agreement based on high-level security and military cooperation without any guarantee of military intervention in case of an attack on Saudi Arabia.

In other words, Saudi Arabia expects that America should conclude a security agreement similar to its security agreement with Australia, but the White House emphasizes more on the model of cooperation based on training and arms exports and professional relations without defense commitments, which is similar to that in the West Asian region with Egypt and Bahrain.

Of course, even if Saudi Arabia is satisfied with the conclusion of this agreement, the issue of Congress can be troublesome, and if the said agreement does not have the approval of Congress, it is expected With the change of the American president, the fate of this security agreement between Riyadh and Washington will be as fragile as the nuclear agreement with Iran in 2015. This is while considering the internal conditions of America, the rival faction of the government may obstruct the path of this agreement.

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