President Donald Trump said that Saudi Arabia had previously declined to join the Abraham Accords due to Iran, but that problem has now been resolved, according to ynet. The statement is the latest in a series of Trump's remarks on expanding the Accords.
In a statement reported by ynet Friday evening, former US President Donald Trump said that Saudi Arabia had not wanted to join the Abraham Accords because of Iran, but that obstacle is no longer present. The remark comes amid a series of recent statements by Trump on the Accords, the Iran deal, and Saudi normalization. As The Zioneer reported earlier this week, Trump has repeatedly predicted that more countries will join the Accords and has made conflicting statements about the status of the US-Iran memorandum of understanding. The current statement does not specify whether any new breakthrough has occurred.
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