Sunday's announcement of the meeting prompted scattered protests in Tripoli and other towns in western Libya. Protesters stormed the foreign ministry headquarters to condemn the meeting, while others attacked and burned a residence for the prime minister in Tripoli, according to local reports.
State-owned China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) has bid to build a nuclear plant in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, near the border with Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, the WSJ reports, citing Saudi officials familiar with the matter.
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State Department comments come as National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby plays down a report in the Wall Street Journal that said the United States and Saudi Arabia had agreed on the broad contours.
In Wall Street Journal op-ed, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen says US nuclear umbrella could meet one of the key Saudi demands for joining the Abraham Accords.
Statement comes after Israel Hayom reports on the terms Israel would be willing to consider for such a normalization deal. US President Joe Biden recently dispatched his national security advisor to Riyadh to discuss a possible deal, and on Friday said a rapprochement "may be underway."
Statement made after NYT reports the White House "sees serious prospects for an accord" between Israel and Saudi Arabia if "significant progress" is made between Israel and Palestinians.
Election rally comments come after columnist Thomas Friedman, in a piece published on Thursday, says Biden was considering whether to pursue a US-Saudi mutual security pact that would involve Saudi Arabia normalizing relations with Israel.
National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita agreed on Wednesday to set a date "in the near future" for what would be Netanyahu's first visit to the kingdom, the prime minister's statement said.
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen says move, coming three years after peace deal as part of Abraham Accords, “will strengthen relations between the countries and the nations” and advance regional stability.