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The world interacted with a US intelligence report that said Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved an “operation to arrest” or “kill” dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
International reactions continued around the world, following the report issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence of the United States, which read: “We believe that Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman approved an operation in Istanbul, Turkey, to arrest or kill to journalist Jamal Khashoggi “. And his claim that “the crown prince has had absolute control over the security and intelligence services in the kingdom since 2017, making it extremely unlikely that Saudi officials would carry out an operation of this nature without (him) approval”.
The Saudi Arabian Foreign Ministry responded, in a statement reported by the Saudi Press Agency, saying: “The Kingdom government categorically rejects the abusive and incorrect conclusions contained in the report on the Kingdom’s leadership and it cannot be accepted by no means, and the report included a set of information and other conclusions other than those of the law. “
The Kingdom of Bahrain expressed its support for the statement in the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement regarding the report. Where the Bahrain Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement saying: “The Kingdom of Bahrain affirms the importance of the essential role of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and its trusted Crown Prince, and the policy of restraint at the regional, regional and international levels, and its efforts to strengthen regional security and stability, and the promotion of world economic growth, and the Kingdom of Bahrain expresses its rejection of all may affect the sovereignty of the brothers The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The British Foreign Office stressed that “the UK has always been clear that the murder of Jamal Khashoggi is a horrible crime.” “We call for a thorough, credible and transparent investigation to hold those responsible accountable and impose sanctions on the 20 Saudis involved in the murder.” The British Foreign Office stated that the Foreign Minister raised the issue during his visit to Riyadh last year and said: “We continue to raise the issue in our contacts with the Saudi government.”
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