The United States agreed on Tuesday to sell Saudi Arabia an arms package worth nearly $142 billion, according to a White House fact sheet that called it "the largest defense cooperation agreement" Washington has ever done.

The United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are strengthening their strategic ties by formalising two major agreements

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said Riyadh was seeking to “de-escalate” the situation in the Middle East and “end the war in Gaza.”

The oil barons of the Middle East have been trying to diversify out of carbon fuels and into other parts of the global economy for decades, but artificial

The partnership was announced as part of a White House tour to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.

The agreements were signed during Trump's visit to the kingdom, in which the U.S. president secured $600 billion in investment commitments from Saudi partners.

The United States and Saudi Arabia have discussed Riyadh's potential purchase of Lockheed's F-35 jets, two sources briefed on discussions told Reuters, referring to a military aircraft that the kingdom has reportedly been interested in for years.

President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman signed an agreement of strategic economic partnership Tuesday afternoon covering a range of U.S. and Saudi departments.