US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides says the US administration is exerting efforts to normalise relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia
"We'd like to see normalisation between Saudi Arabia and Israel, we think it's hugely important, and we're working with Israel to obtain that," says US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides.Saudi Arabia does not have diplomatic relations with Israel and opposes normalisation until Tel Aviv ends the decades-long occupation of the Palestinian territories. / Photo: Reuters Archive
US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides said the US administration is exerting efforts to normalise relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.channel, Nides said the Biden administration is working to expand the Abraham Accords between Israel and Arab countries. In September 2020, the US-brokered what became to be known as the Abraham Accords, which paved the way for Israel to establish ties with the United Arab Emirates , Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan.
"I work every day with Bahrainis, Moroccans, Emiratis, Egyptians and Jordanians about the improvement of relationships with Israel," Nides said. "We'd like to see normalisation between Saudi Arabia and Israel, we think it's hugely important, and we're working with Israel to obtain that," he added.
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