US President Biden raised Jamal Khashoggi murder with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

United States President Joe Biden in a statement yesterday said that he raised the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. He said, he had made it clear the killing in 2018 was vitally important to the United States.

Mr Biden’s visit has been criticised as validating the Saudi Government following the murder of the US-based Saudi dissident journalist Khashoggi in October 2018 at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was accused by US intelligence agencies of approving the murder.