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Saudi Arabia will not normalize relations with Israel until the 'two-state solution' is implemented with Palestine. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said this in an interview given to an American media. The news agency AFP reported the news, citing a message published by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Twitter on Friday.
The Saudi diplomat's statement came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's discussion with White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia on Thursday.
Prince Faisal gave an interview to an American press during the World Economic Forum conference in Davos. He said that only true normalcy and stability would be ensured by securing a state for the Palestinians.
Saudi Arabia, the world's leading oil exporter, is a close ally of the United States. However, the country has always expressed its reluctance to normalize relations with Israel, an ally of the United States. They have been stating that they oppose Israel's occupation of Palestine.
In 2020, under the US-led Abraham Accords, two of Saudi Arabia's neighbors, the UAE and Bahrain, established full diplomatic relations with Israel. Netanyahu has repeatedly expressed his desire to see the name of Saudi Arabia in that list.
According to the Israeli leader's office, Netanyahu and Sullivan discussed the Abraham Accords on Thursday. Emphasis has been placed on including Saudi Arabia in this agreement.
The idea of a two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been discussed in international diplomacy for decades. The cornerstone of this diplomacy is the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state alongside Israel. The State of Palestine will consist of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. But that goal remains elusive. Israel continues to build Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.
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