USbacked talks on normalizing Saudi relations with Israel will be delayed
Ali Khamenei (Iran) and Mohamed bin Salman (Saudi Arabia)
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247 The Biden administration continues to believe in the promise of normalizing relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, but it is up to states to decide how quickly they want to move in that direction, said John Kirby, spokesman for the White House National Security Council , on Friday. fair.
Saudi Arabia is suspending U.S.backed plans to normalize ties with Israel, two sources familiar with Riyadh’s thinking said, signaling a rapid rethinking of its foreign policy priorities as the war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas intensifies.
“We still believe in the promise of normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia and have no intention of stopping, but obviously they are sovereign nations and they decide for themselves at what pace and under what conditions they want to move forward. “And certainly the extent to which they want to continue these efforts,” Kirby said during a press conference, according to Sputnik.
The conflict also led the kingdom to confront Iran. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi by phone for the first time.
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