Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman defended, this Tuesday (18), his country’s investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which occurred in 2018.
When asked in the Oval Office about Khashoggi’s murder, the crown prince said “it’s painful and it was a big mistake” and defended the investigation.
“About the journalist, it is without a real purpose or in an illegal way, and this was painful for us in Saudi Arabia,” Prince bin Salman said.
He added that the “took all the right steps in the investigation” and that “we are doing our best to make sure this doesn’t happen again.”
The prince made his last visit to Washington in 2018, months before Khashoggi’s murder at the Saudi consulate in Türkiye. A CIA assessment, released later, concluded that the prince likely ordered the assassination, although he has long denied any involvement.
Hanan Elatr Khashoggi, esposa de Khashoggi, disse à CNNbefore the visit to the White House, that the meeting between the two leaders was “very painful for me”.
