The possibility of Riyadh-Washington agreement without normalizing relations with Israel

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, the administration of US President Joe Biden is finalizing the security agreement. bilaterally with Saudi Arabia to provide security guarantees as well as help with the nuclear program, while there are still uncertain prospects for the realization of an agreement to normalize relations between Riyadh and Tel Aviv.

The American government headed by Joe Biden For several months now, it has been seeking mediation to normalize relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel in exchange for agreeing to another agreement with Saudi Arabia to provide assistance in the field of peaceful nuclear energy as well as security and defense guarantees to this Middle Eastern country.

US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said on Thursday: “We are very close to reaching an agreement.” He also clarified that the differences in the details of the agreement may be resolved “soon”. It demands official guarantees from the United States for the defense of the Saudi side. According to this agreement, Riyadh will also receive advanced American weapons in exchange for stopping the purchase of weapons from China and limiting Beijing’s investments in that country.

Informed sources also say that the bilateral security agreement between the two sides will include the exchange of emerging technologies, including in the field of artificial intelligence. An American official, on condition of anonymity, said: “The terms of the agreement will be finalized in a few weeks.”

On the part of Israel, to join this agreement, Netanyahu must restore calm to the Gaza Strip and a path to the formation of a state. Independent Palestine to agree. These two conditions are things that Benjamin Netanyahu and parts of his war cabinet have so far stubbornly resisted.

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