Saudi Arabia reportedly pushing for Middle East ‘non-aggression pact’

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Saudi Arabia is discussing a “non-aggression” security agreement between Iran and other nations in the Middle East as soon as the US-Israel war on Iran definitively ends, Al Jazeera reports citing a news report.

Quoting an unnamed Arab diplomat, The Financial Times reports that the pact would be modelled after the 1975 Helsinki accords, which the United States and European nations signed with the Soviet Union and its allies.

The diplomat told The FT that whether an agreement comes together “all depends [on] who is in it”.

“Without Israel, it could be counterproductive because after Iran, they are seen as the biggest source of conflict. But Iran is not going anywhere, and this is why the Saudis are pushing it,” the envoy is quoted as saying.

Two unidentified diplomats have also expressed scepticism that the United Arab Emirates would join such a pact, the news report added. The UAE has close ties with Israel after signing the Abraham Accords to normalise relations in 2020.

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