Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday (November 22) in Saudi Arabia, according to Israeli public radio Kan and IDF radio .
The head of the Israeli government was accompanied by Yossi Cohen, the head of the Mossad, the Israeli external intelligence services, for this visit to Neom, a futuristic city located in the northwest of Saudi Arabia, near Israel.
On the spot, Benjamin Netanyahu would also have spoken with the head of the American diplomacy Mike Pompeo who was well in Saudi Arabia and wrote on his Twitter account to have had "constructive" talks with Mohammed ben Salman in Neom.
No comment could immediately be obtained from the services of the head of the Israeli government or the United States embassy in Israel.
Towards a normalization of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia?
Israel has announced in recent months agreements to normalize its relations with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, but also Sudan, under the sponsorship of the United States of President Donald Trump, a key ally of Benjamin Netanyahu, who is due to step down. , like Mike Pompeo, in January.
US and Israeli officials spoke of other upcoming deals with Arab countries.
Saudi Arabia is also often cited by analysts as a country that could normalize its relations with Israel, just like Oman, the Gulf monarchy where Benjamin Netanyahu has already visited.
While Riyadh experiences equal hostility to the Iranian regime, Saudi Arabia still refuses to embark on the path of rapprochement with Israel, saying it wants the Palestinians' aspirations to have their own state to be addressed in the first place. .
With AFP and Reuters
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