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President says Saudi nuclear cooperation depends on Abraham Accords membership
Summary
A reporter asked whether a signed Saudi civil-nuclear deal was undermined by new White House conditions. The president said the agreement requires Saudi accession to the Abraham Accords and reiterated that there must be "no enrichment to civil nuclear."
A reporter asked whether a senior official had "got out ahead" on a Saudi civil-nuclear agreement after the White House added conditions; the president said the deal "was always understood" to require certain conditions and that Saudi Arabia must join the Abraham Accords before a civil-nuclear arrangement would proceed.
"In order to do it, they have to be a member of the Abraham Accords," the president said, adding that the administration considered the Accords important for Middle East stability. He also stated plainly: "No enrichment to civil nuclear."
When a reporter later asked whether the president could authorize the secretary to sign the Saudi deal, the president said the agreement remained subject to Congress and reiterated that accession to the Abraham Accords had been a condition he expected would need to be met.
The briefing offered condition-based political framing rather than treaty text, statutory citations, or a formal executive or congressional action that would implement or approve any international nuclear cooperation agreement. Reporters pressed the White House on the sequence of internal approvals and whether the secretary had authority to sign; the president answered that the understanding included the Accords condition and that congressional procedures would apply.
