The official visit to the European Union is the crown prince’s first visit to Saudi Arabia since the murder of Khashoggi. The topic of the meeting is, among other things, securing energy from outside Russia.
President of France Emmanuel Macron hosted by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman visit on Thursday in Paris overshadowed by general criticism.
Saudi Arabia had murdered a journalist in October 2018 at its consulate in Istanbul. Khashoggi had sought safety in the United States, where he wrote critical columns for the Washington Post about the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia, bin Salman.
The visit is the crown prince’s first visit to the European Union since the journalist’s murder.
Prime Minister of France Elisabeth Bornen according to Macron and bin Salman, the topics of the meeting include human rights concerns, securing energy from outside Russia and curbing Iran’s nuclear program.
President of the United States Joe Biden met bin Salman at a summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in mid-July. Some of Biden’s party mates had criticized the president’s decision to visit an oil state that has committed numerous human rights crimes.
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