JUST IN: Pres. Biden says Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman 'basically said that he was not personally responsible' for the killing of American journalist Jamal Khashoggi. 'I indicated that I thought he was,' the president added.
with him -- despite immense pressure to snub the leader over alleged human rights atrocities, particularly since a U.S. intelligence report found MBS directly approved the murder operation at a Saudi embassy in Turkey in 2018.
"First statement, he doesn't describe the details of what he is going to raise in meetings, particularly before he's had them, because he wants to go have those meetings. Second statement, he always raises issues of human rights, and this will be no different," Sullivan said. President Joe Biden is welcomed at the King Abdulaziz International Airport in the Saudi Arabian coastal city of Jeddah on July 15, 2022.op-ed for The Washington Post
"I don't think you should expect a particular announcement here bilaterally," he told reporters on AF1. "We will discuss energy security at this meeting," he said broadly, when asked if the public should expect an agreement.
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