State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller said Thursday that US is very close to reaching an agreement on the bilateral piece of the package with Saudi Arabia.
The United States and Saudi Arabia are “very close” to reaching a deal that would provide Riyadh with security assurances from Washington while moving the Gulf kingdom away from US rivals, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller says.
However, he clarifies that the deal hinges on a normalization component that would require Israel to agree to create a pathway for a future Palestinian state. “There is still more work to be done” on that aspect, Miller acknowledges.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showed no interest in such concessions before October 7, and he has only doubled down on this stance since, saying that it would amount to a victory for Palestinian terror.
“We are very close to reaching an agreement on the bilateral pieces of the package between the United States and Saudi Arabia.
There are a few details that we have to continue to work through, but we think we can reach agreement on those details in a very short order,” Miller says.
