Biden warns MBS against repeating incidents similar to Khashoggi’s death

JEDDAH, Jul. 16 (YPA) – US President Joe Biden said that he addressed the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS).

Biden said after meeting with MBS on Friday that Khashoggi’s case “was at the top of the schedule.”

“What happened to Khashoggi was terrible. I made it clear that if something like this happens again, there will be an answer and more.

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018, in what Saudi Arabia said was a “rogue operation” and denied giving the Saudi leadership any orders to kill the journalist.

The US intelligence also indicated that MBS was linked to the journalist’s murder.

US President Joe Biden issued the warning to the Saudi crown prince, while human rights organizations criticized his visit to Saudi Arabia and his meeting with MBS, who was linked to Khashoggi’s murder.

Earlier on Friday, Biden arrived at King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah for an official visit to Saudi Arabia coming from occupied Palestine, reneging on his campaign pledge to make Saudi Arabia a “pariah” state.

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