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Jen Psaki White House Press Secretary
At the same time, if the sanctions list against Riyadh is expanded, the head of state will not be included in it, said Jen Psaki.
The US leadership intends to bring the Saudi Arabian authorities to justice for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. This was stated by the White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, on the air of CNN on Sunday, February 28.
According to her, the administration of US President Joe Biden made it clear from the first day of work that the kingdom must be punished in relation to what happened.
At the same time, Psaki noted that if the sanctions list against Saudi Arabia is expanded, the country’s leader will not be included in it.
“The administrations (US – ed.) Did not impose sanctions against the leaders of other states if we maintain diplomatic relations with them and even if we do not. <...> We believe there are better ways to ensure that this does not happen again. <...> That is diplomacy, ”the spokeswoman explained.
Recall that on Friday the US intelligence service published a report according to which the operation to assassinate Khashoggi was personally approved by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud.
In this regard, the US State Department imposed visa restrictions on 76 Saudis.
In turn, the Foreign Ministry of Saudi Arabia said the kingdom’s government categorically rejects the “offensive and incorrect conclusions about the country’s leadership” contained in the report.
As you know, Saudi journalist Jamil Khashoggi disappeared on October 2, 2018 during a visit to the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul. Representatives of the kingdom initially insisted that he leave the consulate alive. However, on October 19, Riyadh still admitted that the journalist was killed inside the building.
In December 2019, Saudi Arabia sentenced to death five people accused of participating in Khashoggi’s murder.
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