A bipartisan group of more than two dozen nuclear and Middle East experts sent a letter to US President Biden on Thursday urging him not to allow Saudi Arabia to have a uranium enrichment program on its soil, according to the letter first shared with Axios.
According to the report, the 27 experts who signed the letter say they support normalization but think the kingdom doesn't need uranium enrichment to produce peaceful nuclear energy.
"We urge you to reject the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's request for uranium enrichment as part of or separate from a normalization agreement between Saudi Arabia and Israel," they wrote.
The experts stressed that uranium enrichment on Saudi soil could bring Saudi Arabia to the brink of acquiring nuclear arms, a reality US policy should keep from happening.
Signatories to the letter include several former US officials who served under both Republican and Democratic administrations and worked on nuclear or Middle East issues. READ MORE