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Russia believes the Saudi royals were not involved in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi after President Vladimir Putin discussed it with Saudi Arabia's King Salman, the Kremlin announced Friday. Asked by a journalist whether the Kremlin fully believes that the Saudi royal family played no part in the murder in Istanbul, Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the question was 'inappropriate.' There's an official statement from the king, there's an official statement from the Crown Prince (Muhammed bin Salman) and no one should have any grounds not to believe them,' Peskov said. Putin spoke to the 82-year-old Saudi king, father of de facto ruler Muhammad bin Salman, by telephone on Thursday evening

The king and the crown prince offered their condolences to members of the Khashoggi family. One of Jamal Khashoggi's sons and one brother were received at the royal palace in Riyadh. King Salman of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman greeted these two members of the killed journalist's family, the official SPA news agency reported. This is a son, called Salah, and a brother, named Sahel, of the Saudi journalist, killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, according to the agency. The king and the crown prince offered their condolences to members of the Khashoggi family, added SPA. arabinfocus.blogspot.com

                                      WEST NEEDS SAUDIES Spain needs to preserve its relations, both political and economic, with Saudi Arabia. In economic terms, this means guaranteeing thousands of jobs in the companies that are related to Riyadh. The "Ave" of the desert is one of the best achievements of the Marca España. And that can not be thrown overboard. Western countries, in general, and the US, in particular, have the same dilemma and presumably they will not run the risk of opening a conflict with the Arab country. The New York Times today issues a comment worthy of the greatest interest: Quote O n the other hand, Saudi Arabia has been an important strategic partner of the United States since President Franklin Roosevelt met with King Ibn Saud, the founder of the Saudi state, at the close of World War II. In recent years, the United States has worked closely with Saudi Arab...

                                                          SUPPORT SAUDI ARABIA The death of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi is an unfortunate fact, but it should not be used to establish a fierce criticism of Saudi Arabia's leaders, nor to throw out insults against the Crown Prince, Mohamed Bin Salman.   The Saudi services have been instructed to bring all the dissidents of the Kingdom back to Saudi Arabia, but no order to kidnap or kill Jamal Khashoggi has been given, said a Saudi representative informed of the progress of the investigation. The Prince was not aware of this specific operation and did not order the kidnapping or murder of anyone, "said a Saudi representative. It is to be hoped that reason will prevail in international relations and that the United States will maintain its solid alliance with Saudi Arabia, wh...