The US state department spokesperson Matthew Miller categorically stated that US will recognize any Israel-Saudi Arabia diplomatic deal or that US commend increased engagement between Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Authority.
“We see that as a helpful step; we always commend additional engagement in the region,” he said.
The US state department spokesperson was responding to a question, how he view as senior Saudi delegation went to the West Bank, and Saudi Arabia appointed an ambassador to the Palestinian Authority, and is it the beginning of the reconciliation or normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
“And I would say with respect to normalization, obviously that’s something that we have been working on, the Secretary has spent a good bit of time on, the President has spent a good bit of time on. He spoke to Prime Minister Netanyahu about this in New York last week. And one of the things that we have heard in our engagements with the Palestinians, and that we have communicated on their behalf to our Israeli counterparts, is that there will have to be a significant Palestinian component of any final agreement,” the spokesperson said.
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Mathew Miller said that the Saudi Arabian government has made that clear publicly, they’ve made it clear to US government privately.
“And so I wouldn’t speak to the outcomes of any meeting today. I’ll let the Palestinian Authority and the Saudi Government speak to that for themselves, but certainly that’s an issue that’s on the table,” he added.
