Abdallah Al-Mouallimi said the newly declassified Central Intelligence Agency report “is based on could’ve, should’ve and would’ve and does not rise to anywhere close to proving the accusation beyond reasonable doubt.”
In this photo taken on Jan 28, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speaks during a virtual session in Riyadh. Pic/AFP
Saudi Arabia’s UN ambassador on Monday disputed the US intelligence report which concluded that the Saudi crown prince approved an operation to kill or capture dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying in a tweet, “Let us all move forward to tackle the serious business of world issues!!”
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Abdallah Al-Mouallimi said the newly declassified Central Intelligence Agency report “is based on could’ve, should’ve and would’ve and does not rise to anywhere close to proving the accusation beyond reasonable doubt.” Though intelligence officials stopped short of saying Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered Khashoggi’s murder in October 2018, the four-page document described him as having “absolute control” over the kingdom’s intelligence organisations.
Al-Mouallimi said in a series of tweets that “the Prince courageously accepted moral responsibility, presented the accused to the justice system, and pledged to reform the intelligence organisations. Case closed!” The document released last Friday echoed what has long been known about the killing: a 15-member Saudi team, including seven members of the prince’s elite personal protective team, arrived in Istanbul and were at the Saudi consulate where Khashoggi had gone to the Saudi consulate to pick up documents needed for his wedding. Once inside, it said, he died at the hands of more than a dozen Saudi security and intelligence officials and others.
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