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Proposed Saudi-US security agreement will enhance the Kingdom’s capabilities
and strengthen sovereignty

Faisal Al-Shammeri
12 June 2024

Saudi Arabia is negotiating an important agreement with the Biden administrati
on to finalize an accord for the provision of a few US security guarantees for
 the Kingdom. This will include a program of technical assistance to Saudi Ara
bia’s civilian nuclear power industry.

Yet the Saudi government is insisting that this agreement between Riyadh and W
ashington is not a prelude to a Saudi normalization with Israel as part of a g
randiose scheme to end the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Saudi Arabia’s foreign policy works to advance the causes and concerns of all
 Arabs and Muslims. This agreement indicates that Saudi Arabia can articulate
a strong national interest to ensure its safety and prosperity. The Kingdom do
es not bargain with any other country over its ultimate goals.

Saudi Arabia has well-defined principles that affirm its national interests. T
herefore, Saudi Arabia strengthens its sovereignty and the duty of its governm
ent to protect its people by developing its national nuclear program and getti
ng the US on its side to take the necessary measures to prevent conflict and s
trife in the Gulf area in particular and in the Middle East region in general.

The current agreement, still to be completed, is the culmination of previous n
egotiations that the Kingdom has engaged in with several American administrati
ons, whether Republican or Democrat. The Agreement for Technical Cooperation b
etween the US and Saudi Arabia, signed in Jeddah on May 8, 2023, was the most
recent agreement between the two nations to enhance their security cooperation
.

The very first security accord between Saudi Arabia and the US was signed in t
he year 2008 to assist Saudi Arabia in channeling its efforts to protect the c
ritical infrastructure base it has, and to safeguard the Saudi public from ter
rorist threats and attacks. Ever since that date, the content of subsequent se
curity agreements between Saudi Arabia and America has been adapting many chan
ges and modifications to counter the growing threats to which the Kingdom has
been subjected. The initial success of that program is witnessed by the high-q
uality training many Saudi security and defense personnel have received to hel
p them address the security requirements in the diverse and sophisticated 21st
-century Saudi state and economy.

The overwhelming asset of Saudi Arabia’s grand strategy is its power to act a
nd implement good policies in world politics faithfully and effectively.

The new security agreement when it is fully agreed upon and sanctioned is also
 an extension of previous security relations between Saudi Arabia and the US.
Saudi Arabia is the US's biggest foreign military sales market, with a figure
exceeding $100 billion in active FMS deals. Moreover, bilateral trade and econ
omic ties have reached an unprecedented high.

The US is Saudi Arabia’s second-largest trading partner, and Saudi Arabia is
one of the US’s biggest trading partners in the Middle East. The Kingdom is t
he third source of imported oil for the US. America imports about half a milli
on barrels of oil per day from Saudi Arabia. This economic cooperation has bee
n in place for over 20 years. In 2003, the US signed a Trade and Investment Fr
amework Agreement with Saudi Arabia. TIFA serves as an umbrella agreement for
ongoing structured dialogue between the US government and other international
partners on economic reform and trade liberalization, aligning with Saudi Arab
ia’s Vision 2030.

Saudi Arabia’s unique role and distinguished status in the Arab and Islamic w
orlds contribute to the security and stability of all the world’s countries.
Many terrorist networks target the Kingdom. Saudi Arabia has the right to defe
nd itself. All the security agreements that the Saudi government has signed sa
feguard life and the societies of so many nations. Hence, additional cooperati
on between Saudi Arabia and the US solicits institutional arrangements between
 the two nations to promote global and regional peace. Continuously, Washingto
n and Riyadh have had frequent consultations over a wide range of political an
d diplomatic topics.

Regrettably, the Biden administration tried to ignore the vital and pivotal ro
le of the Kingdom, but it failed miserably to isolate Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arab
ia dictated its own political will on Washington. Immediately, Washington’s p
olitical establishment recognized their mistake — that it is impossible to ne
gate the critical importance of Saudi Arabia.

The premise of this special agreement is peace in the Middle East. In this reg
ard, Saudi Arabia has a strategy linking and analyzing all the major elements
of regional conflict and cooperation. This includes how to help the Palestinia
ns and protect them, and it strives to establish a fully sovereign Palestinian
 state. This agreement will pressure America to stop the war in Gaza.

Generally speaking, the Saudi people have faith in how their government initia
tes international cooperation. They applaud how the leadership of Saudi Arabia
 prioritizes policies that require engaging with global partners, and at the s
ame time pursues the collaboration of all the countries in the world to give j
ustice to the Palestinians. The overwhelming asset of Saudi Arabia’s grand st
rategy is its power to act and implement good policies in world politics faith
fully and effectively.

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