Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said images of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US President Joe Biden shaking hands were a “win” for the latter.
This came in an exclusive interview with the secretary and his colleague Nick Robertson for CNN, hours after Biden left the kingdom, where he said: “I don’t know why we’re stuck shaking hands. It’s very normal.”
The foreign minister, who was present in the meeting room between Biden and Mohammed bin Salman, pointed to the reaction of the crown prince to Biden’s suggestion about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and said that Mohammed bin Salman told Biden that Saudi Arabia “has taken the necessary measures to respond.” . To the tragedy of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, as every “government” is responsible.
The secretary of state added: “The United States is making mistakes… Abu Ghraib, you know, the recent drone bombings in Afghanistan that killed many civilians, it’s the government’s responsibility to act on those mistakes to make sure that this “Mistakes have been made. It didn’t happen again, the Kingdom did it, as did the United States.”
He continued: “You cannot address these issues selectively, whether it is Shirin Abu Aqla or anything else, you must be steadfast.”
Source: Lebanon Debate
