President Donald Trump, talking on the Gulf Cooperation Council in Riyadh on Wednesday, reiterated his need to make a cope with Iran and known as for constructing upon the progress of the Abraham Accords by including extra nations to the historic settlement.
Trump made the feedback whereas addressing leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council as a part of his four-day go to to the area.
“I need to make a deal with Iran. I need to do one thing if attainable. However for that to occur, it should cease sponsoring terror, halt its bloody proxy wars, and completely and verifiably stop its pursuit of nuclear weapons. They can not have a nuclear weapon,” Trump mentioned.
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President Donald Trump speaks in the course of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Leaders’ Summit at The Ritz-Carlton on Could 14, 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Win McNamee/Getty Photos)
Trump praised the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain for “their imaginative and prescient and braveness in signing the historic Abraham Accords,” an settlement brokered by the U.S. in 2020. As a part of the agreements, the UAE and Bahrain acknowledged Israel’s sovereignty and established full diplomatic relations. It marked the primary time Israel had established peace with an Arab nation since 1994, with the Israel-Jordan peace treaty.
“Sooner or later, we’ll proceed that progress by including extra nations to the Abraham Accords,” Trump mentioned.
President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) put together to pose for photographs with leaders in the course of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Leaders’ Summit at The Ritz-Carlton on Could 14 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Win McNamee/Getty Photos)
The remarks, made simply moments after Trump met with Syria’s Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on the sidelines, got here a day after Trump introduced his administration was lifting sanctions on Syria.
Trump additionally mentioned that Lebanon had a “new probability for a future free from the grip of Hezbollah terrorists if the brand new president and prime minister can rebuild an efficient Lebanese state.”
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“This can be a once-in-a-generation alternative to forge a Lebanon that’s affluent and at peace with its neighbors,” Trump mentioned.
President Donald Trump attends the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Leaders’ Summit at The Ritz-Carlton on Could 14 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Win McNamee/Getty Photos)
On the finish of his remarks, Trump appealed to your complete area extra broadly, saying: “We’re going to forge a Center East that will likely be a thriving business, diplomatic and cultural crossroads on the geographic middle of the world. It’s what it’s, it’s the middle of the world.”
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Trump will head to Qatar later Wednesday for his second cease on the four-day Center East tour.
Fox Information Digital’s Emma Colton contributed to this report.
