President Donald Trump has said that a civil nuclear deal between the US and Saudi Arabia is conditional on Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords, adding that there would be no enrichment of uranium.
The US and Saudi Arabia reached an agreement on civil nuclear power, letting the kingdom enrich uranium and build nuclear reactors using US technology, without requiring the snap UN inspections that Washington has previously demanded from Iran.
"The Civil Nuclear Deal (There will be no enrichment of material!)... pertains only to non-military use such as the ones that Iran and UAE (and others) already have, will be approved, but is totally subject to Saudi Arabia joining the very respected and successful Abraham Accords," Trump said in a post on Thursday on Truth Social, referring to normalising ties with Israel.
"The United States is not opposed to Civil (Non-Enriched) Nuclear Facilities," Trump said.
Saudi Arabia's longstanding position has been that it would not sign the Abraham Accords unless there is an agreement on a roadmap to Palestinian statehood.
Washington brokered the Abraham Accords during Trump's first term in a push to normalise ties between Israel and the Arab world.
The UAE, Bahrain and Morocco have signed on, while Sudan’s accession remains pending.
