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It's business as usual for the Saudi crown prince at the G20 summit despite the brutal killing of Jamal Khashoggi

Source: uk.businessinsider.com - Friday, November 30, 2018
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is in Argentina for the G20 summit, alongside many other world leaders. Despite worldwide outrage after the brutal killing of Jamal Khashoggi, the crown prince appears to still have an audience with many prominent world leaders. Many countries have halted arms sales or imposed sanctions on the kingdom. But Saudi Arabia has deep business ties that many other world powers have found hard to break. Business appears to be as normal for Saudi Arabia's crown prince, who is attending the G20 summit in Argentina despite global furor over the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Buenos Aires on Wednesday in preparation for the summit on Friday and Saturday. The summit comes less than two months after Khashoggi's killing in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Riyadh has long sought to distance the crown prince from the incident, despite increasing evidence directly linking him to it. Read more: Khashoggi's killing was born of a brutal 'Game of Thrones'-style culture around the Saudi crown prince, according to a wild insider account In Argentina, the crown prince has already met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday. He plans to meet British Prime Minister Theresa May, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump said he would have met Crown Prince Mohammed but was too busy . "I would have met with him but we didn

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