The Saudi Foreign Ministry told the United States on Wednesday that the kingdom will not have diplomatic relations with Israel until it recognizes an independent Palestinian state along the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem and ends Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. Not stopped.
According to the Reuters news agency, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said this on Wednesday expression This was in response to a comment by US national security spokesman John Kirby, in which he said the Biden administration had received positive signals that Saudi Arabia and Israel were ready to continue talks to normalize relations.
The Saudi Foreign Ministry said that we have issued this statement to confirm our firm position to Washington on the Palestinian issue in the light of the comments attributed to John Kirby.
According to Reuters, discussions on formalizing relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia began after Riyadh’s Gulf neighbors, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, established ties with Israel in 2020.
Sources told Reuters in October 2023 that Saudi Arabia has so far rejected US plans to normalize relations with Israel.
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Since October 7, 2023, more than 27,000 Palestinians have died during the Israeli offensive on Gaza.
Earlier, US Secretary of State Antony Blanken met Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan in the capital Riyadh on Monday during his visit to the Middle East in the context of the ongoing Israeli aggression in Gaza.
The US secretary of state’s trip to the Middle East comes at a time when Palestinians hope a ceasefire agreement will be reached ahead of an Israeli assault on the Gaza border town of Rafah, where half of Gaza’s population has taken refuge. .
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said that Antony Blanken and the Saudi crown prince discussed regional coordination to achieve “a lasting end” to the conflict.
“The US Secretary of State stressed the importance of meeting the humanitarian needs in Gaza and preventing further escalation of the conflict with the Saudi leadership,” the statement added.
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2024-08-11 18:02:14