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Normalisation not discussed during months of Saudi-US nuclear negotiations, sources say

· By Middleeasteye
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Since November 2025, the US and Saudi Arabia have been hashing out a civilian nuclear agreement, but in dozens of exchanges between officials, Riyadh’s diplomatic recognition of Israel never once came up, one current and one former US official familiar with the talks told Middle East Eye.

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