Relations with Israel cannot be established until an independent Palestinian state is established.

 

Salman bin Abdulaziz has made it clear to President Trump that Saudi Arabia's relations with Israel will not return to normal until an independent Palestinian state is established.

According to Saudi Arabia's state news agency, the Saudi king spoke to the US president on the phone on Sunday and said that Saudi Arabia wants a just and permanent solution to the Palestinian problem.

According to Reuters, the Saudi firm said on the occasion that this condition of resolving the conflict would be the starting point of the Saudi Arabian peace plan.

The phone call between Saudi Arabia and the United States comes at a time when the UAE last month became the third Arab country to recognize Israel and establish diplomatic relations with it. Egypt and Jordan have previously established state relations with Israel.