Under Trump, Saudi civil nuclear talks delinked from Israel recognition, report says – Middle East Monitor

The United States is no longer demanding Saudi Arabia normalise ties with Israel as a condition for progress on its civil nuclear programme, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit next week.

Dropping the demand that Saudi Arabia establish diplomatic relations with the occupation state of Israel would be a major concession by Washington. Under former President Joe Biden, nuclear talks were an element of…