The United States will remain a partner of Riyadh, despite the murder of a journalist Khashoggi

The United States still intends to remain a reliable partner of Saudi Arabia, although issues related to the degree of involvement of the leadership of the Arab state remain in the case of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. These questions may never have an answer, the US President Donald Trump said in the statement of President of the United States on Tuesday.

“The crime committed against Jamal Khashoggi was terrible, and our country cannot forgive this. At the same time, we took tough measures against those who, according to the current data, were involved in the murder,” the American leader emphasized. His words are given by CNN .

King Salman Ben Abdel Aziz Al Saud and the Crown Prince Muhammad Ben Salman Al Saud decisively deny that they knew about the planning or execution of the murder of Khashoggi. " "Our intelligence services continue to analyze all the available data, but it is quite possible that the Crown Prince was aware of this tragedy: maybe he knew, or maybe not!" - says in a statement that was accompanied by subtitles "America primarily!"

Washington emphasized that they were not ready to lose such a "beautiful ally", as Saudi Arabia was. “We can never find out all the facts around the murder of Khashoggi. But in any case, we will continue relations with Saudi Arabia, because it was an excellent ally in such an important struggle against Iran. The United States intends to remain a reliable partner of Saudi Arabia in the interests of their country, Israel and other US partners in the region,” the head of the American state said. At the same time, the US President promised to consider the measures proposed by Congress against Saudi Arabia "provided that they would guarantee the absolute security of the United States," TASS reports. On Sunday, the Republican Senator and the ardent supporter of Trump Lindsay Graham stated that the team of 15 people would not have flown to Turkey on two aircraft and did not divide the criticism of the Crown Prince in the Consulate General if the Crown Prince himself was not in the course of this and did not authorize the reprisal. "

Already on Tuesday, the Central Intelligence Directorate (CIA) will transfer a report to the US President with the results of his own investigation of the murder of Khashoggi. According to CNN sources, intelligence came to the conclusion that the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia with a high degree of probability ordered the murder of Khashoggi. However, the final conclusion about whether the highest leadership of Saudi Arabia involved in the reprisal against an objectionable journalist will have to make a white house.

CIA Director Gina Haspel made a trip to Turkey to chat with the Turkish investigators who are conducting the main investigation on the fact of the murder of Khashoggi.

The murder of Jamal Khashoggi

Jamal Khashoggi, who worked as a columnist in the American newspaper The Washington Post, disappeared without a trace after October 2 entered the territory of the Saudi Arabia General Consulate in Istanbul with the intention of getting documents necessary for marriage with a citizen of Turkey. A few days later, the Turkish police began the investigation of the case of the disappearance of the submitted Saudi Arabia. Turkish television demonstrated records of surveillance cameras, which show how Khashoggi enters the consulate, in the photo and video the arrival of the alleged "detachment of killers" of 15 people, who are considered by Saudi intelligence officers in Turkey. According to the media, the detachment arrived in Istanbul a few hours before the disappearance of Khashoggi and left shortly after him, while the team had a colonel of Saudi intelligence Maher Mutreb, as well as a pathologist.

The Turkish press wrote that the Khashoggs were subjected to interrogation and torture, after which they beastly killed. It was reported that the last hours of his life signed up for Apple Watch, which the journalist in advance converted to record mode and synchronized with his iPhone left by the bride. "" I'm choked. Remove this bag from my head, I have claustrophobia, ”the Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah, claiming the last words of the journalist , claiming that the hashoggs killed for about seven minutes.

In addition, during many hours of searches in the Consulate General on October 15-16, Turkish forensics found other evidence of the death of a journalist. The Turkish authorities believe that the Khashoggi was killed in the building of the diplomatic mass and dissected, and his remains were taken out in the dark van.

On October 16, the Saudi Arabia General Consul in Istanbul Muhammad Ibrahim al-Utei flew to Riyadi. It was reported that after serving the Genconsul, Turkish investigators examined his residence in Istanbul as part of the investigation of the disappearance of Khashoggi.

The Saudi authorities, who had been silent for a long time on this occasion, admitted on October 20 that the journalist "accidentally died" during a fight in the Consulate General. The Prosecutor General of Saudi Arabia Sheikh Saud al-Majib said that under investigation there are 18 subjects of the kingdom, but their individuals are not revealed. He also announced the dismissal of the adviser to the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, General Ahmed Asiri, who held a high post in the intelligence of the kingdom, and an adviser to the Royal Chancellery in the rank of Minister Saud al-Koktani.

On October 29, The Daily Express, the British radio electronic intelligence service in the UK, found out about the prepaid Saudi Arabia abduction of Khashoggi three weeks before its murder. A source in intelligence informed the publication that the order came from a member of the royal family, but not from the heir to the throne of Prince Muhammad Bin Salman. It is not known whether he was aware of these plans.

The reason for the attack on the journalist was supposedly that Khashoggi intended to publish data on the use of chemical weapons in Yemen. The plan provided for both the abduction of the journalist and the “other options” of reprisals, was reported in the publication.

On November 15, the Prosecutor General of Saudi Arabia announced that the court would ask the court to appoint the death penalty to five defendants in the murder of Khashoggi. In total, the charges were put forward against 11 people. On the same day, the United States imposed sanctions against 17 Saudis involved in the murder.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump took an ambiguous position. Although he ridiculed the official version of the Saudis about the "random" murder as insolvent, he made it clear that he would relate to what was happening with pragmatism. According to Trump, the Saudi investments in the American economy play a big role in creating new jobs, and military contracts with Er-Riyadu promise Washington to profit in billions of dollars. “If we are stupidly terminating these contracts, Russia and China will gain great benefit and will be happy to get this market,” Trump said.