US president reiterates that the nuclear deal with the kingdom is conditioned on Riyadh joining the \u2018Abraham Accords\u2019.<\/p>\n
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United States President Donald Trump has once again said that he will not go ahead with a civil nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia unless Riyadh agrees to normalise ties with Israel, under the so-called Abraham Accords.<\/p>\n
Asked on Friday whether the US Department of Energy got ahead of him when it announced the deal without the Israel condition earlier this week, Trump said: \u201cNo, nobody got out ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cI just say that in order to do it, they have to be a member of the Abraham Accords, which have been very successful,\u201d the US president added. \u201cBut it\u2019s time now that they do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Washington and Riyadh had signed a nuclear cooperation deal to establish a civilian nuclear programme in the kingdom on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
But a day later, Trump announced a new condition<\/a> on social media, saying that Saudi Arabia must first normalise relations with Israel.<\/p>\n He reiterated that position on Friday.<\/p>\n Trump said he did not talk about the accords with Energy Secretary Chris Wright \u2060before the deal was signed, \u201cbut it \u2060was always understood, and Chris knew, and Saudi Arabia knew\u201d.<\/p>\n Saudi Arabia has yet to respond to Trump\u2019s latest statement tying the nuclear deal to normalisation.<\/p>\n