France’s finance minister is the latest high-level official or executive to cancel his attendance at an upcoming investment conference in Saudi Arabia amid doubts over the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Bruno Le Maire says on French television channel Public Senat that “I will not go to Riyadh next week” for the conference, known as “Davos in the Desert.”
He says the facts related to the disappearance of Khashoggi are “serious” and need to be explained by Saudi authorities.
Le Maire adds his decision doesn’t call into question the strategic partnership between France and Saudi Arabia.
Several top business executives have canceled their attendance, as has the head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde.
Turkish officials say that Khashoggi was killed and dismembered at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Saudi officials have denied the allegations as “baseless,” but haven’t provided evidence of the writer leaving the diplomatic mission alive.
— AP
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