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Anthony Blinken made a statement about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi
Washington demanded an end to Saudi Arabia’s threats and extraterritorial attacks against activists, dissidents and journalists.
US authorities imposed visa sanctions on 76 Saudis for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. This was reported on the US State Department website on Friday, February 26.
“To begin with, the US State Department imposed visa restrictions on 76 Saudis believed to have been involved in the threats against dissidents abroad, as well as the murder of Khashkadzhi, and not only,” said the secretary of Anthony Blinken status in a statement.
He said President Joe Biden made clear that “cooperation with Saudi Arabia must reflect American values.”
“In this regard, we have clearly expressed the need to end Saudi Arabia’s extraterritorial threats and attacks against activists, dissidents and journalists. The United States will not tolerate this,” Blinken said.
In turn, the US intelligence service published a report according to which the operation in which Khashoggi was assassinated was personally approved by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud.
The document notes that “since 2017, the crown prince had absolute control over the kingdom’s security and intelligence agencies, in relation to which it is extremely unlikely that Saudi Arabian officials would carry out an operation of this nature without the consent of the king. heir Prince”. . “
As you know, on October 2, 2018, Jamal Khashoggi disappeared during a visit to the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul. Kingdom officials initially insisted that he leave the consulate alive. However, on October 19, Riyadh still admitted that the journalist was killed inside the building.
According to media reports, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia may have ordered the assassination of Khashoggi. Employees of the Turkish special services came to a similar conclusion.
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