Saudi Arabia and the United States will sign a preliminary agreement of cooperation as the kingdom intends to create a civil nuclear industry, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told reporters on April 13 in the Saudi capital of Riyadh.
Meeting with Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman earlier on Sunday, Wright said the two nations are on “a pathway” to brokering an agreement to work together in developing a Saudi civil nuclear program.
It was Wright’s first visit to the kingdom as energy secretary, part of a tour of the energy-exporting Gulf states of the Middle East. He said further information on a memorandum detailing the energy collaboration between Saudi Arabia and the United States will be released later this year….