US Announces Landmark Nuclear Deal With Saudi Arabia

US on Wednesday announced that it had reached a civilian nuclear cooperation deal with Saudi. The United States on Wednesday announced that it had reached a civilian nuclear cooperation deal with Saudi Arabia, with Energy Secretary Chris Wright signing the pact and a separate bilateral safeguards deal alongside Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman."Together, these two agreements lay the legal foundation for a decades-long, multi-billion-dollar partnership that advances several priority economic and strategic objectives, including nuclear nonproliferation," the US Energy Department said in a statement.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) Show full article