A brief timeline of US-Saudi Arabia talks on nuclear power

Talks on the United States and Saudi Arabia co-operating on a civil nuclear programme go back as far as 2008. Under the Bush administration, the two countries signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding (MoU), with the US saying it would assist the Gulf kingdom to develop civilian nuclear energy but that Saudi Arabia has stated it intended to import nuclear fuel and would not pursue "sensitive nuclear technologies". Here's some of the key milestones since then: