The United States and Saudi Arabia have sealed this Tuesday Investment commitments valued at 600,000 million dollars (about 138,000 million euros) and that include arms contracts for about 142,000 million dollars (more than 127,000 million euros), “the largest commercial agreement in history” in this area, according to the White House.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has assumed the signing of these agreements in a symbolic visit to Saudi Arabia, where he has been received at the foot of the track by the heir prince, Mohamed Bin Salmán. Without counting the visit to the Vatican to attend the funeral of Pope Francis, it is Trump’s first official trip since he returned to power in January and symbolizes, according to his office, “a New golden era of alliance “between the two countries.
Defense and security
One of the great axes of this new framework of relations goes through defense and security and It will benefit more than a dozen North American companies. In addition to future contracts for the sale of “latest generation war material”, on which the White House has not entered details, the United States also contemplates collaborating in the formation of local forces.
“The relationship in defense issues with Saudi Arabia is stronger than ever under the leadership of President Trump,” said the White House, which is confident that Riyadh can continue to be the main international partner in this matter, with active fronts already valued at more than 129,000 million dollars (almost 116,000 million euros).
New ties between both countries
The objective of both countries is also to strengthen ties in the Cultural, educational or scientific field And, in fact, the list of commitments outlined by Washington also includes an agreement between the special agencies of the United States and Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi firm Datavolt will also invest 20,000 million euros for the development of artificial intelligence and energy infrastructure data centers in the United States, according to documents signed by Trump and Bin Salmán during a symbolic ceremony.
After his stop in Saudi Arabia, Trump will go to Qatar, in the midst of the controversy unleashed in the North American country due to the fact that the president has accepted a Luxury Air Airplane 747-800 that will be used from now on as a presidential aircraft, a fact that has caused criticism even by some allies of the president.
