Saudi minister declines to comment on normalization rumors, says disarmament and reconstruction must proceed together

A reporter from Arab News Daily asked whether Saudi Arabia was about to join the Abraham Accords and whether "disarmament of Hamas should come before reconstruction" for reconstruction to endure.

Prince Fal declined to comment on rumors, saying "I'm not going to respond to rumors. you uh elucidated our position very clearly. That position has not changed." He added that Saudi policy remains that there is no normalization until there is a two‑state solution and that Saudi "support[s] completely the full implementation of President Trump's uh 20point plan for Gaza," which the minister said includes disarmament and reconstruction while stressing that full humanitarian access is part of the first phase and remains incompletely implemented.

The minister did not provide a timetable for sequencing disarmament and reconstruction, nor did he offer a new diplomatic commitment on normalization; his remarks reiterated the official position tying normalization to resolution of the Palestinian‑Israeli conflict.