Skip to main content

Written question asked by Margaret Ferrier (Independent (affiliation)) on Tuesday, 19 October 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 October 2021. It was answered by James Cleverly (Conservative) on Wednesday, 27 October 2021 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.


Jamal Khashoggi

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has received representations on private jets owned by Saudi Arabia’s public investment fund being used for travel to and from Istanbul by Saudi agents responsible for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018.

Answer

The UK has always been clear that Jamal Khashoggi's murder was a terrible crime. We condemn his killing in the strongest possible terms, which is why we have sanctioned twenty Saudi nationals involved in the murder under the global human rights regime. The former Foreign Secretary raised the killing of Jamal Khashoggi during his visit to Riyadh last year, and we continue to raise it in our engagement with the Saudi authorities.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
58913
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Aviation Saudi Arabia Turkey Assassination Khashoggi, Jamal
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk