President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a civil nuclear arrangement between the United States and Saudi Arabia is conditional on Riyadh normalizing relations with Israel through the Abraham Accords. In a post on Truth Social, he stressed that the deal would not include enrichment of material, while also commenting on the scope of approved civilian uses.
Trump wrote: "The Civil Nuclear Deal (There will be no enrichment of material!)... pertains only to non-military use such as the ones that Iran and UAE (and others) already have, will be approved, but is totally subject to Saudi Arabia joining the very respected and successful Abraham Accords."
Separately, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia reached an agreement on civil nuclear power that, as described in the accord, would permit the kingdom to enrich uranium and to construct nuclear reactors that utilize U.S. technology. The arrangement does not require the snap United Nations inspections that Washington has previously demanded of Iran.
Trump further stated: "The United States is not opposed to Civil (Non-Enriched) Nuclear Facilities." His remarks underscore an apparent tension in descriptions of the deal - an assertion by the president that there will be no enrichment of material alongside a framework that allows enrichment and reactor construction for civilian purposes.
On the diplomatic front, Saudi Arabia has maintained that it would not enter the Abraham Accords without a parallel commitment on a Palestinian roadmap to statehood. That long-standing position remains a stated precondition to any normalization agreement with Israel.
The combined set of statements and the terms reported in the agreement present three distinct threads: the U.S.-Saudi civil nuclear arrangement; the president's public insistence that material will not be enriched; and Saudi Arabia's conditional stance on joining the Abraham Accords tied to Palestinian statehood discussions. The agreement's exemption of snap UN inspections, as noted in the accord, is another salient feature documented in the reported terms.
Contextual summary: The announcement links a high-profile bilateral civilian nuclear arrangement to a separate diplomatic normalization process. Public statements by the president emphasize non-enrichment for military purposes and civilian-only use, while the reported terms of the agreement include provisions for uranium enrichment and reactor construction and do not impose the snap UN inspection mechanism associated with Iran.