The fiancee of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi says she is 'very disappointed' in Pres. Biden's plan to meet with Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, who the U.S. has determined ordered the operation that killed Khashoggi in 2018.
Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Kashoggi talks to The Associated Press in Istanbul, Oct. 1, 2019.said Wednesday she was "very disappointed" in President Joe Biden's plan to meet with Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, who the U.S. has determined ordered the operation that killed Khashoggi in 2018.
"If you have to put oil over the principles, and expediency over values," she says, "can you at least ask, 'Where is Jamal's body? Doesn't he deserve a proper burial? And what happened to his killers?" she implored. "I cannot read out right now or lay out what the agenda is going to be, or what the conversations are going to be," she said. "But I can assure you, I can assure you that when it comes to human rights, this is something that is a priority for this president.""Clearly, our hearts go out to her and her pain that she's currently going through," Jean-Pierre said.
But the president is also struggling to reign in sky-high inflation and gas prices, a political liability.