In the news that American CNN television based on US officials, it was claimed that US President Joe Biden’s team conveyed to Riyadh that they were ready to “reset relations”.
It was stated that this step was described as a “dramatic confrontation” for Biden, who followed a policy that held Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman directly responsible for the murder of Khashoggi and treated Riyadh as a “pariah” in this context.
In the midst of dramatic global turmoil, Saudi Arabian officials said, “Setting aside the moral anger of Biden, who is under great pressure to bring down Russia and lower domestic fuel prices due to the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine amid rising inflation for the first time since 1981. It was stated that he started to establish warmer relations with his kingdom.
Referring to the murder of Khashoggi, a senior US official said, “Both sides decided that we must overcome this in order to achieve peace and stability in the Middle East.” It was recorded that he used his expressions.
BIDEN TO BRING UP THE KHAşıkçı Murder
It was pointed out that the Saudi Arabian administration thinks that the Khashoggi case is closed and that it has openly stated this to the United States, and that the authorities still evaluate that Biden will bring the Khashoggi murder to the agenda when they meet with Bin Salman next month.
The decision to meet with Bin Salman was a “hard pill to swallow” for Biden, who in 2019 said Saudi Arabia “has no social value”, but especially considering how dramatically the world has changed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. When taken, it was alleged that the two countries agreed that the relationship “cannot be taken hostage” by this murder.
The report claims that this change took place after months of negotiations in Riyadh between Saudi officials, including Biden’s two top advisers, Brett McGurk, and Amos Hochstein and Bin Salman. It has been suggested that the accusation of “losing his moral compass” has already sparked anger within the administration.
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