US Plays Down Talk of Breakthrough on an Israel-Saudi Accord
- ‘There’s no agreed-to framework,’ spokesman John Kirby says
- The Saudis seek US defense guarantees, rights for Palestinians
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The US and Saudi Arabia continue to work on a framework aimed at Saudi recognition of Israel in exchange for US security guarantees for Riyadh — though the Biden administration signaled Wednesday there’s still a long way to go.
“There is no agreed-to set of negotiations, there’s no agreed-to framework to codify normalization or any of the other security considerations that we and our friends have in the region,” John Kirby, spokesman for the US National Security Council, told reporters. “But there is a commitment by the administration to keep talking, and to keep trying to move things forward.”