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France skirts over Khashoggi killing amid Saudi prince visit
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French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for a dinner inside the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday July 28, 2022. - photo by Benoit Tessier/Pool via AP
PARIS (AP) — France’s presidency on Friday focused on global warming, the war in Ukraine and the Iran nuclear deal in relaying details about the controversial dinner in Paris between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and French President Emmanuel Macron. In a generally celebratory communique, the presidential Elysee palace skirted over the issue of the gruesome Saudi killing of U.S.-based journalist and Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. Western intelligence has determined that Prince Mohammed was complicit in the killing.