CAIRO: Saudi Arabia has advised the US its place stands that there can be no diplomatic relations with Israel except an impartial Palestinian state is recognised on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem, and Israeli “aggression” on the Gaza Strip stops, the Saudi overseas ministry stated in an announcement on Wednesday (Feb 7).
On Tuesday, White Home Nationwide Safety spokesperson John Kirby stated that the Biden administration has obtained optimistic suggestions that Saudi Arabia and Israel are keen to proceed to have normalisation discussions.
The dominion issued the assertion to affirm its steadfast place to Washington on the Palestinian situation within the gentle of the feedback attributed to Kirby, the ministry stated.
The thought of Israel and Saudi Arabia formally cementing ties has been below dialogue for the reason that Saudis gave their quiet assent to Gulf neighbours United Arab Emirates and Bahrain establishing ties with Israel in 2020.
Saudi Arabia put US-backed plans to normalise ties with Israel on ice, sources aware of Riyadh’s pondering advised Reuters in October 2023, because the warfare between Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israeli forces escalated.
Israel started its navy offensive in Gaza after militants from Hamas-ruled Gaza killed 1,200 folks and took 253 hostages in southern Israel on Oct 7.
