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Mnuchin meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman despite outrage over Khashoggi killing

2018-10-23 10:13:04       source:CNBC

October 23, 2018


Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin met Monday with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, despite the ongoing outrage over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.


State television in Saudi Arabia said Mnuchin and bin Salman met at 2 p.m. in the kingdom’s capital, Riyadh.


Saudi’s foreign ministry, in a tweet, said that bin Salman, during the meeting, “stresses the importance of Saudi-US strategic partnership, where it holds an important role in the future in line with the Kingdom’s #Vision2030.” Vision2030 is the kingdom’s long-range development program.


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