An official Saudi source told Al Arabiya that US President Joe Biden He “rapidly touched upon the issue of Jamal Khashoggi” during his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, on Friday in Jeddah.
The source added that The Crown Prince answered the US President“What happened is unfortunate, and we in the Kingdom have taken all legal measures, including investigations and trials, until judgments are issued and implemented. The Kingdom has also put in place measures to prevent such errors from happening once more in the future.”
The source added that Prince Mohammed bin Salman stated that such an incident occurs anywhere in the world, and that in the same year in which this unfortunate incident occurred, other journalists were killed in other parts of the world.
The Crown Prince also told the US President that the United States also made a number of mistakes, such as the Abu Ghraib incident in Iraq and other mistakes, but what is required is that these countries deal with these mistakes and take measures to prevent them from happening once more.
From the meeting of Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Biden in Jeddah on Friday
Prince Mohammed bin Salman also referred to the killing of the American journalist, Sherine Abu Aqleh, and questioned the measures taken by the United States of America and the countries of the world in this regard.
The official Saudi source added that during the meeting, Biden touched on “common values”, and the Crown Prince replied: “All countries of the world – especially the United States and the Kingdom – have many values that they agree on and a number of values they differ in, but the right and good values and principles are always It affects the peoples of other countries, especially at a time when we see an unprecedented interdependence between the peoples of the world.”
He continued, “On the other hand, trying to impose these values by force is very counterproductive, as happened in Iraq and Afghanistan, in which the United States did not succeed. Therefore, it is important to know that each country has different values and must be respected. United States of America It will only deal with countries that share its values and principles 100%, and the United States will not have any countries that it deals with except NATO, and therefore we must coexist with each other despite the differences we live.”
