Washington, USA (CNN)– Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders, in an interview with ABC News, attacked US President Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia, saying that “this kind of government should not be rewarded with a visit by the President of the United States.” According to him.
In response to a question regarding whether Biden should visit Saudi Arabia, Sanders said: “I don’t think so, you have the leader of that country involved in the murder of the Washington Post journalist[Jamal Khashoggi]I don’t think that kind of government should be rewarded with a visit by the president of the states. United”, referring to US intelligence report Which concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman “approved the arrest or killing” of Khashoggi.
Sanders accused the Saudi authorities of “crushing democracy, treating women as third-class citizens, killing and arresting its opponents,” and said, “We believe in human rights and democracy, and I don’t think we should maintain a warm relationship with a dictatorship like this.”
In response to a question regarding Biden’s intentions from the visit to secure more oil from the Middle East, Sanders noted the importance of focusing on the rich oil companies of the United States instead. “We have to tell the oil companies to stop stealing from the American people, and if they don’t, we should tax their huge profits,” he said.
