19/11/2025
Saudi Arabia and the US signed a series of significant agreements in various fields following the visit of the Saudi Crown Prince to Washington, as follows:
1. Saudi Arabia will invest one trillion dollars in infrastructure, industry, and technology.
2. A strategic defense agreement was signed between the US and Saudi Arabia (SDA).
3. Arms deals - Saudi Arabia is purchasing from the US: F-35 aircraft and 300 Abrams tanks.
4. An agreement for nuclear cooperation for civilian purposes under a strict standard of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.
5. Strategic minerals agreement - cooperation and coordination of national strategies.
6. A memorandum of understanding was signed on artificial intelligence - granting Saudi Arabia access to American artificial intelligence technology.
7. An agreement to expand commercial and regulatory cooperation.
8. A financial cooperation agreement between the countries’ finance ministries in the fields of customs, standards, and capital market regulation.
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Saudi Arabia’s status and power have risen a notch in the past 24 hours – Trump makes sure to highlight this and gives his “dear” guest all the honors that money can buy. In the Middle East, they definitely understand what this means.
(Abu Ali)