Senators Push for Transparency on U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal
Lawmakers said the classified side letters could affect obligations under the pact, which critics say lacks key nonproliferation safeguards and could permit uranium enrichment.
- On Wednesday, a bipartisan group of senators urged the Trump administration to declassify two classified 'side letters' tied to the U.S.-Saudi civil nuclear agreement, directing their request to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
- The Trump administration transmitted the 30-year civil nuclear deal to Congress in August, triggering a 90-day review period despite criticism that the proposal abandons 'gold standard' safeguards including mandatory enrichment bans and the Additional Protocol.
- Senators Jeff Merkley and Ed Markey, joined by Republicans Rand Paul and John Kennedy, argue these documents alter the agreement's obligations; Kelsey Davenport, Director for Nonproliferation Policy at the Arms Control Association, warned the enrichment study poses significant risks.
- House Democrats led by Representative Gregory Meeks introduced a resolution of disapproval on Thursday, seeking to block the agreement by citing potential regional proliferation in an already volatile Middle East.
- Under the Atomic Energy Act, the agreement automatically takes effect after 90 days unless Congress passes a resolution to block it—a legislative hurdle that has never successfully occurred for civil nuclear cooperation.
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Democrats in the U.S. Chamber of Deputies expressed concern this Thursday about President Donald Trump's civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia and said they had submitted a rejection resolution to try to prevent the pact from coming into force. Trump sent the proposal to Congress in August, starting a 90-day period for analysis by parliamentarians and opening the possibility that they would try to adopt a resolution to reject it.…
The Democrats in the United States House of Representatives expressed their concern on Thursday about the civilian nuclear agreement concluded by President Donald Trump with Saudi Arabia and declared that they had tabled a resolution of disapproval that they were pursuing...
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US Democrats look to stop Trump's Saudi nuclear deal
WASHINGTON, Sept 17 - US House of Representatives Democrats raised concerns on Thursday about President Donald Trump's civil nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia, and said they had introduced a resolution of disapproval seeking to block the deal from coming into force. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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