President Donald Trump announced on July 23 that the U.S. Department of Energy will approve a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, but only if the kingdom joins the Abraham Accords.
The agreement, which pertains solely to non-military nuclear facilities and does not involve enrichment of material, is similar to those already in place with Iran and the United Arab Emirates, according to Trump. He emphasized that the United States is not opposed to civil nuclear facilities.
"The Civil Nuclear Deal (There will be no enrichment of material!) being made between the United States Department of Energy and Saudi Arabia, which 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 wrote on X.
The Abraham Accords, brokered by the Trump administration in 2020, normalized relations between Israel and several Arab nations. Saudi Arabia has not yet formally joined the accords.
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