US President on a visit to Saudi Arabia: Biden met Saudi Crown Prince, said - you are responsible for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Posted on 16th Jul 2022 by rohit kumar

US President Joe Biden is on a visit to Saudi Arabia. Here he met Crown Prince Mohammed bin, Salman. During this, Biden raised the matter of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. They believe that Crown Prince Jamal is responsible for Khashoggi's murder.

 

Biden said- I raised the issue of Jamal Khashoggi's murder in the meeting. It was necessary to discuss what I think about it. I told Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that you are responsible for Khashoggi's murder.

 

what did the crown prince say?

 

To this, the Crown Prince said – I am not personally responsible for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. We are taking action against those who are behind this murder.

 

Saudi Crown Prince approved the killing of Khashoggi

 

Last year, a US report claimed that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had approved a plan to kill Washington Post Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The report also said that the Crown Prince considered Khashoggi to be a threat to Saudi Arabia.

 

When Trump was in power, he had close relations with the Saudi prince and this is the reason why US intelligence reports related to Khashoggi's murder were not released during that time. Biden became president and his stance on human rights has always been tough. Then the report was released. In this intelligence report, Prince Salman was directly named for Khashoggi's murder.

 

Khashoggi was murdered in October 2018.

 

Washington Post journalist Jamal Khagoshi was assassinated on 2 October 2018 at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. In this, questions were also raised about the role of Wali Ahad Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

 

US-Saudi relations may deteriorate

 

If Prince Salman is convicted by the Biden administration in the Khagoshi murder case, certainly, relations between the Middle East's most powerful and rich country will deteriorate with America. America cannot move forward in the Middle East without Saudi Arabia. There he has innumerable interests and also a military base.

 

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