Saudi Arabia stressed on Sunday its complete rejection of all threats and attempts to target it through economic sanctions or political pressure. Such threats will not undermine Riyadh, its firm stances and Arab, Islamic and international standing, stressed an official source.
It vowed that it will respond to any measure against it with an even greater one, he added.
Saudi Arabia’s economy plays a vital role in the world’s economy, he stressed.
Throughout history, the Kingdom has played a prominent role in achieving security and stability in the region and the world, he continued. It has also led efforts to combat extremism and terrorism, bolster economic cooperation and cement peace and stability in the world.
The Kingdom, in its spiritual Islamic position, is still cooperating with fraternal and friendly states in order to bolster these goals, added the source.
It therefore, asserts its complete rejection of all threats and false accusations made in the disappearance of citizen Jamal Khashoggi.
All these threats and accusations will fade, while Saudi Arabia, its government and people, will remain firm as they always have regardless of the pressure and circumstances they are confronted with.
Moreover, the Kingdom hailed the positions of solidarity made by the voices of reason around the world against the false accusations and malicious media campaign that are targeting it. These voices have chosen to seek the truth instead of making assumptions and manipulating rumors to achieve their own agendas.
Meanwhile, the Saudi embassy in Washington said that Riyadh thanks the countries, including the United States, for avoiding jumping to conclusions in the Khashoggi case.
“Saudi Arabia extends it appreciation to all, including the US administration, for refraining from jumping to conclusions on the ongoing investigation,” it said in a statement on its official Twitter account.
The Kingdom has been a victim of media campaigns linked to the disappearance of Khashoggi in the Turkish city of Istanbul. Some western leaders have been hasty in making threats to impose economic sanctions against the Kingdom, especially since Saudi Arabia and Turkey were quick to form a joint probe to investigate the disappearance.
Meanwhile, Khashoggi’s divorcee Alaa Nassif said that she had never heard of Hatice Cengiz, his alleged fiancee. No one in his family, including his son, who was with him in Turkey before he disappeared, has also heard of her.
“I would have been the first to know if Hatice was a part of Jamal’s life,” she told Al-Arabiya.net.
No Saudi critic has ever been harmed, even those living outside the Kingdom. This has been a universal truth since the establishment of the country. They may have said more critical statements than Khashoggi and no harm came to them, continued Nassif.
Moreover, she wondered why Khashoggi’s mobile phone and electronic devices have remained with Hatice. She also wondered why his social media accounts were still open and being manipulated.
The priority for his sons is for the truth to come out and until then, everyone must remain silent, she demanded.
Saudi Arabia has closely monitored Khashoggi’s case since his disappearance while exiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2.
Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef has stressed the Kingdom’s keenness to unravel the complete truth in the case.
He also condemned the false accusations made against the Kingdom through the media, deeming them baseless.
