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Wednesday, July 22, 2026
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US confirms signing a nuclear cooperation pact with Saudi Arabia
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe United States and Saudi Arabia have reached a nuclear cooperation agreement, the US Energy Department says, confirming reports earlier today.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright signs the pact and a separate bilateral safeguards deal alongside Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman.
“Together, these two agreements lay the legal foundation for a decades-long, multi-billion-dollar partnership that advances several priority economic and strategic objectives, including nuclear nonproliferation,” the US Energy Department says in a statement.
News of the agreement, long reported to be in the pipeline, has raised alarm bells among Israeli officials.
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