US and Saudi Arabia Sign Multi-Billion Dollar Civilian Nuclear Deal

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright signed a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement and a bilateral safeguards deal with Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman. Negotiations had been ongoing for years, including under the Biden administration, as part of a broader Saudi-Israeli normalisation package that collapsed after the October 7 attacks. The agreement is expected to face pushback from US allies and nonproliferation advocates.

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