“I told Mohammed bin Salman that I believed he was personally responsible for Khashoggi’s murder,” Biden said after talks in Jeddah with the crown prince. The latter replied that he was not personally responsible for the murder of the journalist.
US President Joe Biden said tonight that he raised the issue of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, information confirmed by the Saudi Foreign Ministry.
“I told Mohammed bin Salman that I believed he was personally responsible for Khashoggi’s murder,” Biden said after talks in Jeddah with the crown prince. The latter replied that he was not personally responsible for the murder of the journalist.
The American president added that he also raised with his interlocutor the issue of human rights and the need for political reforms. “I made it clear that the issue is of vital importance to me and the United States,” he told reporters at a news conference.
Minutes earlier, Khashoggi’s fiancee, Hatiche Cengiz, complained on Twitter that Biden has stained his hands with “the blood of the next victim” of the Saudi crown prince.
Imagining what her partner would have written, Cengiz addressed Biden with the following post: “This is how you hold those responsible accountable for my murder? The blood of MBS’s (Mohammed bin Salman’s initials) next victim is on your hands.”
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