“He said very clearly what position he takes on the death of Jamal Khashoggi, his murder, he mentioned this from the very beginning of their meeting,” TASS quoted her as saying.
Thus, she commented on reports that representatives of Saudi Arabia refute the fact of such a conversation between Biden and the Saudi crown prince.
Jean-Pierre also called for focusing on the version of events voiced by Biden himself.
Earlier, Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir, who was present at a meeting between President Biden and bin Salman, said he did not hear the American leader speak about the responsibility of the crown prince for the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.