Hatice Cengiz, fiancée of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, called Biden's planned visit to Saudi Arabia 'heartbreaking' and 'disappointing.' “Biden will lose his moral authority by putting oil and expediency over principles and values.”
One of Biden’s promises [was] being different. It was a very big hope to me to believe, again, that Biden will do something for me and for Jamal," Cengiz said.
"Instead of being different now, he’s doing the same and embracing dictators in the region right now. So it’s very disappointing for me."Biden on Thursday did not say whether he would mention Khashoggi’s murder when he meets with the prince, AP reports. "I always bring up human rights," Biden said during a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, per AP.
"But my position on Khashoggi has been so clear. If anyone doesn’t understand it, in Saudi Arabia or anywhere else, then they haven’t been around for a while."
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