Saudi Arabia rejects US Senate resolution blaming Mohammed bin Salman for Jamal Khashoggi death
Saudi Arabia on Monday rejected a resolution passed by the US Senate last week, which directly pinned the blame for the murder of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The resolution was “based upon unsubstantiated claims and allegations, and contained blatant interferences in the Kingdom’s internal affairs,” a statement from the Saudi foreign ministry said.
The murder of Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist, inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 was “a deplorable crime that does not reflect the Kingdom’s policy nor its institutions,” the ministry added.
The resolution was passed on Thursday along with another that ordered the US military to cease all assistance to the Saudi-led war in Yemen.
Anger at the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen, where tens of thousands have died of starvation, has been compounded by the Khashoggi case.
In Congress, there are growing concerns that US President Donald Trump has not taken sufficient action over Khashoggi as he continues to lend his full support to the kingdom. (Agency Report)
