US president, Saudi king have phone call ahead of expected Khashoggi report release

ReutersPublished: Feb 26, 2021 9:10 AM

US President Joe Biden on Thursday told Saudi King Salman he would work for bilateral ties “as strong and transparent as possible,” the White House said, ahead of the expected release of a US intelligence report on the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

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