President Trump said Thursday that a new U.S.-Saudi nuclear agreement would not allow uranium enrichment in Saudi Arabia and would require the kingdom to normalize relations with Israel. He framed those terms as central parts of the arrangement.
The remarks appear aimed at answering two of the biggest concerns raised around any nuclear cooperation with Riyadh: whether Saudi Arabia would be allowed to enrich uranium on its own soil, and whether a broader diplomatic opening with Israel would be part of the deal.
By stressing a ban on enrichment, Trump pointed to a safeguard tied to nuclear proliferation concerns. By linking the agreement to recognition of Israel, he also presented the deal as part of a wider regional diplomatic effort rather than a narrow energy or technology pact.
The comments are likely to keep attention on both the substance of the U.S.-Saudi agreement and the political debate surrounding it. Questions over nuclear limits and Saudi-Israeli normalization remain among the most sensitive issues in any major Middle East deal.
