Riyadh
20 September 2023

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman affirmed that if the Iranians obtained a nuclear weapon, “we have to get one for security reasons, for balancing power… We are concerned if any country getting a nuclear weapon”. Bin Salman also commented on the prospects for normalisation with Israel and stated: “Every day we get closer. It seems it’s for the first time a real one… [It would be] the biggest historical deal since the Cold War”.

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