Today, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement, which reads as follows:

The State Department followed up on what was circulated regarding the report that was provided to Congress regarding the murder of citizen / Jamal Khashoggi, may God have mercy on him.

She points out that the Kingdom’s government categorically rejects the abusive and incorrect conclusions contained in the report about the Kingdom’s leadership and cannot be accepted in any way, and that the report included a set of information and other incorrect conclusions.

And confirms what was previously issued in this regard by the competent authorities in the Kingdom that this is a heinous crime that constituted a flagrant violation of the Kingdom’s laws and values ​​committed by a group that violated all regulations and violated the powers of the agencies in which they were working, and all necessary judicial measures have been taken to investigate them and bring them to justice, Where final court rulings were issued against them, which the Khashoggi family - may God have mercy on him - welcomed.

It is truly regrettable that such a report and the wrong and unjustified conclusions it contained were issued, at a time when the Kingdom condemned this heinous crime and its leadership took the necessary steps to ensure that such an unfortunate incident would not be repeated in the future, and the Kingdom rejects any matter that would prejudice its leadership, sovereignty and independence of its judiciary. .

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirms that the partnership between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America is a strong and solid partnership, based over the past eight decades on solid foundations based on mutual respect, and the institutions in the two countries are working to strengthen them in various fields, and to intensify coordination and cooperation between them to achieve security and stability in the region and the world. We hope that these solid foundations, which formed a strong framework for the two countries’ strategic partnership, will continue.