crown prince Saudi ArabiaMohamed bin Salman defended himself this Friday before the President USAJoe Biden, from a declassified CIA report that holds him responsible for the murder of an American journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Istanbul in October 2018.
As President Biden told the media, Bin Salman he not only stated that he was not “personally responsible” for Jashogi’s death, but also stated that he had taken “measures against those responsible”.
“I indicated that I consider myself (responsible) (…). He said that he was not personally responsible for this, and took action against those responsible, ”he said. Biden ahead of the media attending the exit of his meeting with bin Salman in the Saudi city of Jeddah, the newspaper reported. Hill.
The US President met Friday with King Salman bin Abdulaziz and the powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. | Font: DC POOL / SAUDI TV / AFP | Photographer: BANDAR EL JALOOOD / Royal Palace of Saudi Arabia
Joe Biden visit to Saudi Arabia
The president Joe Biden landed this Friday in Jeddah, where he plans to spend the next two days as part of his tour of Middle Eastwhich has already brought him to Israel, and which will now reunite him with both Bin Salman as with King Salman bin Abdulaziz and other high-ranking officials of the country.
Tenant stop White House caused controversy, although the President always assured that the visit was motivated by “strategic” issues, and emphasized that respect for human rights would be one of the main issues he would discuss with Saudi representatives.
US press criticizes Biden
One of the issues that caused the most criticism was precisely the facts related to death. Khashoggi. In fact, greeting this Friday between Biden D Bin Salman was deemed “disgraceful” by the newspaper’s executive director. Washington Post, Fred Ryanwhere the murdered journalist worked.
Journalists have criticized this salute – a punch between the president and the prince – for the possibility of repeating another incident like the one that happened again. Khashoggi.
“I just made it clear that if something like this happens again, they will get answers,” Biden said, before noting that the president of the United States can criticize the actions of other leaders, as he did with “Xi Jinping and slavery.” “, there are nuances
“What the President USA silence about a clear violation of human rights is completely inconsistent with who we (…) and what we believe, so I will not be silent,” the US President said.
Another one of the most controversial Biden was his controversy as to the position he would take USA for c Saudi Arabia. Because of the case KhashoggiThe President stressed that the position Washington would be converted to Saudi Arabia an international “outcast”, although his visit seems to contradict this claim.
As a result, the tenant White House He assured that he did not regret what he said, and stressed that what happened to the journalist was “outrageous.”
Biden seeks to restore diplomacy with Saudi Arabia
Biden started like this Saudi Arabia a new stage of his tour of the region after a two-day visit to Israelwhere he met with the country’s top officials as well as the Palestinian authorities, and where he stressed that a two-state solution was needed to end the conflict.
as to what Saudi Arabia be one of the stops on his tour of the region, Biden admitted this Friday in Jeddah that USA it cannot leave a “vacuum” in the Middle East “to be filled by Russia or China.” We are getting results, he decided.
(According to Europe Press)
Source: RPP
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