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Saudi Arabia said Wednesday it would not follow the United Arab Emirates in establishing diplomatic ties with Israel until the Jewish state had signed an internationally recognised peace accord with the Palestinians. Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi minister of state for foreign affairs, told reporters on a visit to Berlin that "peace must be achieved with the Palestinians" on the basis of international agreements as a condition for any normalisation of relations with Israel. "Once that is achieved all things are possible," he said. dlc/fec
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