“The President praised the recent release of a number of Saudi-American activists and stressed the importance of universal human rights and the rule of law to the United States.
The President told the King of Saudi Arabia that he intends to work to make the bilateral relationship as strong and open as possible.
The parties agreed to work on issues of mutual concern and interest, ”the White House said in a statement.
The White House report did not mention whether the topic of the possible publication of a report by the US National Intelligence Service on the circumstances of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashukji was raised during the conversation.
Earlier it was reported that the relatives of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashukji, who was killed in 2018, consider the sentence of the accused in this case fair.