The US State Department applied "sovereign immunity" on the 17th to the case in which the Saudi crown prince and his top aides were sued in a federal court in Washington for alleged involvement in the killing of US journalist Khashoggi by his fiancée Hatice Chengiz and Don. .
On the 17th, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia was treated as the first top-level state guest at the official residence of President Yoon Seok-yeol as the Prime Minister temporarily delegated by the King of Saudi Arabia in September.
Crown Prince Mohammed arrived in Korea early in the morning and left in the evening following an event at the presidential residence and a meeting with the president of a conglomerate at Lotte Hotel.
The Biden administration returned to the court on the same day a “sovereign immunity” that the high-ranking office held by the Saudi crown prince should protect him from lawsuits over his role in the murder of a US-based journalist.
A federal judge in Washington has until midnight today (17th) to ask the US government to comment on the claims of the prince's lawyers that Crown Prince Mohammed's senior civil servant position legally exempts him.
The Associated Press said, “This is a turnaround from Joe Biden’s impassioned campaign trail condemnation of the brutal killings.”
"The administration said the prince's official position should provide him with immunity from a lawsuit brought by the fiancée of murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and the human rights group Democracy Now for the Arab World, which he founded," the report said. did.
The Associated Press said in response, "The request is not binding and the judge ultimately decides whether or not to grant immunity."
"Maintaining the concept of 'sovereign immunity' helps ensure that American leaders do not have to worry about being taken to foreign courts to face lawsuits in other countries," the State Department said.
In international law, “sovereign immunity” is a principle that states and public officials are protected from some legal proceedings in domestic courts of other foreign countries, and is not legally binding.
In a filing with the court today, the State Department said it "has no opinion on the merits of the present case and reiterates its unequivocal condemnation of the heinous murder of Jamal Khashoggi."
The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence concluded in a report last February that the prince had authorized the operation to kill or capture Khashoggi, saying, “The decision-making role within the kingdom, the involvement of key advisers and members of his protection unit, and the violent use of dissidents abroad It builds on past support for silencing.”
AP reported that intelligence officials at the time did not say that the prince ordered the killings in October 2018, but the four-page DNI report found that the prince had "absolute control" over the kingdom's intelligence organisations, making it possible that the murder-like operation was carried out without his approval. stated that there is little
Shortly after the release of the DNI report, the US State Department announced a new policy of "No Khashoggi," which would allow the US to deny visas to those who harm, threaten or spy on journalists on behalf of foreign governments.
Khashoggi, a Washington resident who was writing critical articles about Saudi Arabia, was murdered by Saudi officials at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
U.S. reports attributed his dismemberment, though his remains were never found, and U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that the Saudi crown prince authorized the killing of the respected journalist.
AP said, “The US military has long protected Saudi Arabia from external enemies, and in return, Saudia is supporting the world oil market.” "We have tried to defuse tensions with the kingdom, including a fist bump with Crown Prince Mohammed on a visit to the kingdom," it reported.
The Saudis temporarily ceded the title of prime minister held by his elderly father, King Salman, to Crown Prince Mohammed in September, in what was seen as an attempt to strike a deal with the application of U.S. immunity.
During the September oil negotiations with the Biden administration, the Saudi Crown Prince changed the original increased production to “reduction” reduction to “ through secret negotiations with Russia, and declared “Republican support” for the US midterm elections.
In an article titled <Korean Leader Discussing Mega Project with Saudi Prince> from Seoul on the same day, the AP said, “We will reconstruct the rules so far, colored by the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and the (Saudi) kingdom’s continued involvement in the war in Yemen. “During the prince's visit, Korean companies signed more than 20 memorandums of understanding with their Saudi counterparts, which are non-binding agreements regarding Korean investments in Saudi Arabia,” he said.
AP continued, “Saudi Arabia has concluded similar non-binding contracts with many other foreign companies, and Korea’s announcement on the 15th lacks substance.” It is a matter of financial resources. Oil prices will come down at some point, and the project could be stalled."
The U.S. Navy found 70 tonnes of intermediate-range ballistic missile fuel components hidden on a ship from Iran on Wednesday in Yemen, which Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said were intended for the same weapon aimed at a Saudi-led coalition backing Yemeni government forces.
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