Saudi Arabia is a country that's made out of the desert sand and it continues probably for the last 300 years, various generations. I don't think we should throw the baby with the bath water because one horrible crime was committed. The idea of really just creating a special yardsticks for countries that we don't like is not very helpful for the notion of international law and order.
In this week's episode of the Sunday debate we go back to 2019. In the aftermath of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul we brought together leading experts to debate how the West should respond to the abrasive crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman.
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