Media: Donald Trump wants to sell Saudi Arabia armament for $ 100 billion

Donald Trump will offer Saudi Arabia sales of armament for over $ 100 billion – the Reuters agency informed. In a Friday interview with Time, the US president also announced an imminent normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel.

The agreement for the purchase of American weapons is to be announced during Donald Trump planned for May 13-16 to Saudi Arabia – Reuters said, citing six sources. The American president is also to visit the United Arab Emirates and Rhinitis.

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Companies such as Lockheed Martin, RTX (formerly Raytheon), Boeing, Northrop Grumman and General Atomics are to be involved in the contract. The package is to include sales, among others C-130 transport aircraft, MQ-9B shock drones, radars and bullets.

USA They have long been one of the main suppliers of weapons to Saudi Arabia. In 2017, during the previous term of Trump, a similar agreement was announced with a value of approx. $ 110 billion, but contracts for $ 14.5 billion were completed.

Later, the American Congress blocked arms transactions with Saudi after the murder of journalist Jamal Chaszukdji, which according to Wagon He was to be commissioned by the successor to the throne of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Bin Salman.

At the end of the presidency Joe Biden Congress has abolished the ban on exports, and the US sought to renew their contracts.

Trump announces the normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel

Biden made the sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia dependent on the reduction of cooperation by this country with China And he binded contracts with a broader agreement covering the defense agreement between Washington and Riyjad, and the normalization of Saudi-Israeli relations.

It is not clear whether Trump will maintain these conditions – the Reuters agency pointed out. In an interview with Time, Trump announced, however, that Saudi Arabia “very quickly” will join the so -called Abraham agreements and will establish official relations with Israel.

During the previous term of Trump's term of office as part of Abraham's agreements, Israel established diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco. Most Arab and Muslim countries do not recognize Israel and do not maintain official diplomatic relations with it.

Trump in an interview published on Friday boasted close contacts with the leaders of Saudi Arabia and said that they agreed to invest in American economy trillion dollars.

According to Reuters, Trump is also to talk about the sale of Saudi Arabia F-35 fighters, which Riyadh has been going to buy for a long time.