ISLAMABAD: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said Riyadh wants to join the Abraham Accords but only with a “clear path of two-state solution,” placing the Israeli-Palestinian issue at the forefront of his White House meeting with US President Donald Trump.
Speaking alongside Trump in the Oval Office, the crown prince said, “We want to be part of the Abraham Accords. But we want also to be sure that we secure a clear path of two-state solution.”
He added, “We’re going to work on that, to be sure that we can prepare the right situation as soon as possible.”
Trump said he had pressed the prince to pursue normalization with Israel as part of the regional agreements launched during his first term.
The renewed diplomatic push came during a lavish welcome for the Saudi leader, whom Trump greeted with cannon fire, a horseback parade, and a military flypast featuring F-35 jets that he said the United States would “soon sell to Riyadh.”
Inside the Oval Office, Trump praised the crown prince as an “incredible” partner, while bin Salman announced a dramatic expansion of Saudi investments in the United States.
“We can announce that we are going to increase that $600 billion to almost $1 trillion for investment,” the prince said. Trump, grinning, asked him to confirm the figure.
The crown prince responded: “Definitely.”
The show of warmth reflects Trump’s efforts to strengthen ties with the Gulf kingdom as he seeks to transform the Gaza ceasefire into a broader regional peace process.
Saudi crown prince’s insistence on securing a two-state framework, however, places the Palestinian question at the center of any future Saudi–Israeli normalization efforts.
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