US News and World Report/Al-Monitor: Saudi Arabia Prepares for Iranian Nuclear Deal
Saudi Arabia has been pulling out the diplomatic stops in anticipation of what it sees as an unfavorable nuclear deal between the West and Iran.
Saudi Arabia is quietly preparing for an international nuclear agreement with Iran that it fears will rehabilitate its Shiite Persian rival. King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud's approach eschews the public spectacle of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress (indeed, the Saudis don't want any association with Israel) and instead focuses on regional alliances to contain an emergent Iran.
The Saudis publicly welcomed US Secretary of State John Kerry's assurances in Riyadh last week that Washington will not accept a bad nuclear deal with Iran, and that a deal will not inaugurate a grand rapprochement between Washington and Tehran. They remain deeply skeptical about the negotiations, however, and are preparing for any outcome in the P5+1 process.
WNU Editor: Saudi Arabia is expecting the worse .... otherwise they would not be doing this .... Saudi Arabia Is Now The World's 'Biggest Arms Importer'.
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