Article 4138Z UK and US pull out of Saudi event over alleged murder of Jamal Khashoggi

UK and US pull out of Saudi event over alleged murder of Jamal Khashoggi

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Jessica Elgot and Patrick Wintour
from Economics | The Guardian on (#4138Z)

UK trade secretary, Liam Fox, and US Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, join others in boycotting economic forum in Riyadh

Liam Fox, the UK trade secretary, and the US Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, joined key European partners in pulling out of a major economic forum in Saudi Arabia nicknamed Davos in the desert, in response to the alleged murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Reports of Khashoggi's gruesome murder at the hands of a gang of 15 men with links to the Saudi royal court have already led to many western media firms and bankers pulling out, and the political lead from Fox and Mnuchin is likely to accelerate the boycott of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh next week.

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