"We want the whole truth to be made and today the account is not there," said French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. An announcement made after the announcement of new sanctions by Germany against Saudi nationals.
France will decide "very quickly" to take "sanctions" in connection with the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, said Monday the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian.
Germany on Monday ordered a ban on eighteen Saudi nationals involved in the assassination of the journalist and opponent, who was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in early October. This decision is in addition to the embargo imposed by Berlin on arms sales to Saudi Arabia pending the clarification of the circumstances of this murder.
France "in phase" with Germany
"We want the whole truth to be made and today the account is not there. When I say that the whole truth has to be done there must be the designation of the circumstances, the leaders, and once we have our own opinion on the subject, we will take the necessary sanctions , " said Jean. -Yves Le Drian on Europe 1, without specifying the date or the form that these sanctions could take.
"We are working with Germany right now. We are in tune with them and we ourselves will decide a number of sanctions very quickly for what we know but we feel that we must go further because the total truth must be known, " added the chief. of French diplomacy.
According to the American press, the CIA has come to the conclusion that the assassination of Khashoggi was directly sponsored by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The Saudi court said last week that the crown prince, who is the de facto ruler of the kingdom, was not involved in the killing.