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Biden said, in a press release made Wednesday night, in response to a question about the expected contact with King Salman: “I will speak to him soon, but have not yet done so.”
Biden also responded to a second question about whether he had read the report on Khashoggi’s murder, without elaborating: “Yes, I did.”
Earlier Wednesday, White House spokeswoman Jane Psaki confirmed that the Biden administration was preparing the report on Khashoggi’s assassination for publication and will be released soon by the National Intelligence Administration office after the document was declassified..
He also mentioned that Biden will make a phone call with King Salman shortly, indicating again that the call will go directly to Meles with his crown prince, Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist who wrote articles for the “Washington Post” newspaper and who had lived in the United States since 2017 and was known for his criticism of the Saudi leadership, was assassinated on October 2, 2018 at his country’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. , by a Saudi private assassination team, while his body has yet to be found.
In 2019, Congress asked the National Intelligence Command to release the intelligence report on Khashoggi’s assassination and the two orders, but the administration of former President Donald Trump rejected it, insisting that the information should remain classified.
Congress later passed a legal amendment requiring the Trump administration to submit a full report on those responsible for the crime, but did not respond to this request, at a time when the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, Agnes Callamard, called for a research. with the crown prince of Saudi Arabia in the context of the case.
