US President Joe Biden. File photoWASHINGTON, July 17 — RIA Novosti. US President Joe Biden said it was not true that he did not tell Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman about his responsibility during the meeting for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. «No,» Biden told reporters upon his return to the White House in response to a question about whether the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Adel al-Jubeir, who was present at the meeting of the American and Saudi delegations, was telling the truth. Biden following the meeting with the leadership of Saudi Arabia, said that in response to the words of bin Salman, who denied involvement in the murder of Khashoggi, he pointed to the involvement of the crown prince. Earlier, Fox News correspondent from the White House pool, Jacqui Heinrich, said the Saudi minister «significantly stated that he 'didn't hear' Biden telling bin Salman that he was guilty of killing Khashoggi.» Opposition journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. American intelligence pointed to the prince's involvement in the crime. During the election campaign, Biden promised to turn Saudi Arabia into a «rogue state» for the incident with Khashoggi, and before the recent visit of the US President to the Middle East, the White House not only promised to raise the topic of murder and human rights issues with the leadership of the kingdom, but stated that that there are no talks between the President of the United States and the Crown Prince.
