emphasised<\/a><\/span> that the pact would take effect only if the kingdom normalises relations with Israel.<\/p>\nThe agreement, reached in July to allow US companies to export civil nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia, was sent to Congress on Monday, according to the US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n
It remains unclear how Trump expects submitting the nuclear deal to Congress to advance his objectives.<\/p>\n
Congress has 90 continuous session days to review the agreement.<\/p>\n
“The president’s position has not changed that the agreement will only move forward if Saudi Arabia joins the Abraham Accords,” the US official said in an emailed statement.<\/p>\n
Signed in 2020 and 2021, those accords were concluded between Israel and the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan.<\/p>\n
A few days after agreeing to the Saudi nuclear pact in July, Trump, who had worked on a similar deal during his first presidential term, set the normalisation of ties as a condition for the agreement to enter into force.<\/p>\n
Former president Joe Biden had also pushed for a nuclear deal and sought to link it to the accords in question.<\/p>\n
Diplomats believed Riyadh was close to normalising relations with Israel in 2023, but the war Israel launched against Gaza in October 2023 altered the situation.<\/p>\n
Saudi Arabia demands an “irreversible pathway” to a Palestinian state before recognising Israel.<\/p>\n
The 30-year nuclear pact provides for the construction of AP1000 reactors, a project worth tens of billions of dollars that would benefit Westinghouse, co-owned by Canada-based Cameco and Brookfield Asset Management.<\/p>\n
According to two congressional sources, the agreement was sent to congressional leaders and is expected to be presented to committees on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
If Congress does not object to the agreement within 90 session days, it will take effect.<\/p>\n
Should Congress reject the agreement, Trump could veto that decision, which would require a two-thirds majority in Congress to override.<\/p>\n
Some Democratic members of Congress and non-proliferation advocates have criticised the nuclear agreement for failing to bar Saudi Arabia from enriching uranium or reprocessing spent nuclear fuel.<\/p>\n
Those two activities represent two potential pathways to producing nuclear weapons. The UAE, by contrast, accepted such measures, known as the “gold standard”, in its 2009 civil nuclear agreement with Washington.<\/p>\n
The Trump administration maintains that the agreement contains the non-proliferation measures required by law.<\/p>\n
Henry Sokolski, head of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, said Trump\u2019s move in initiating the process created the possibility that Congress might allow the deal to proceed without conditions on normalisation and non-proliferation.<\/p>\n
“If you are serious about barring enrichment and recognising Israel, this situation is hardly ideal,” Sokolski said.<\/p>\n
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