Trump says Saudi nuclear deal contingent on relations with Israel

President Donald Trump mentioned Thursday that Saudi Arabia won’t enrich uranium beneath the landmark nuclear deal signed with the US this week.

Trump mentioned the nuclear settlement is topic to Riyadh establishing diplomatic relations with Israel by the Abraham Accords.

“There will be no enrichment of material!” the president mentioned in a Truth Partnerl put up. The deal “is totally subject to Saudi Arabia joining the very respected and successful Abraham Accords,” he mentioned.

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman signed an settlement Wednesday on civilian nuclear cooperation. They additionally signed a bilateral settlement on nuclear safeguards. The White House has not launched the textual content of the deal.

The Department of Energy mentioned the deal would lay the muse for a decades-long, multibillion nuclear partnership between the 2 nations.

The settlement will likely be despatched to Congress for assessment, the division mentioned. US cooperation with overseas nations on civilian nuclear energy requires such assessment beneath the Atomic Energy Act.

Democratic lawmakers have expressed concern concerning the influence of the deal on the Middle East. The US and Israel have justified the present battle towards Iran partly as an effort to power Tehran to resign its nuclear ambitions. They beforehand bombed Iranian nuclear websites in June 2025.

“This agreement will set off a nuclear race in the region, further disincentivizing Iran from limiting its own program,” Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut mentioned in a social media post.