Mohammed Bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, meets Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Thursday, four years after the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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“I understand all those who are vigilant on the issue of human rights and freedom, and these will certainly be messages that the President of the Republic will pass on to Mohammed bin Salman”said Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne on Thursday July 28 on franceinfo.
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She was reacting to the dinner scheduled for Thursday evening between Emmanuel Macron and the Saudi Crown Prince, whose first visit to Europe since the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents, despite the strong anger of defenders of human rights. ‘Man.
Mohammad Bin Salman in France
Saudi Arabia “is a partner, we have geopolitical problems and I think it’s important to have these exchanges without renouncing in any way our values on respect for human rights”, declares Elisabeth Borne on franceinfo pic.twitter.com/PyHdl2vxnu
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Elisabeth Borne called the Saudi prince a “partner” in the context of the war in Ukraine and rising energy prices. “It is important to have these exchanges without renouncing in any way our objectives, our values and respect for human rights”, she concluded.
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