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Saudi Arabia to hit back if US imposes sanctions
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IANS | 15 Oct, 2018
Saudi Arabia threatened on
Sunday to hit back if the US were to impose sanctions on Riyadh in the
wake of the disappearance of a Saudi journalist, according to the
state-run SPA news agency.
US President Donald Trump had warned
on Saturday that his administration could severely punish Saudi Arabia, a
key US ally, if the kingdom was found responsible for the disappearance
and possible murder of Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in
Istanbul on October 2, reports Efe news.
"The kingdom affirms its
total rejection of any threats and attempts to undermine it whether by
threatening to impose economic sanctions, using political pressures or
repeating false accusations," the report by SPA said, citing an unnamed
official source.
"The kingdom also affirms that if it receives any action, it will respond with greater action," the report added.
Earlier on Sunday, the Saudi stock market plunged nearly seven percent amid fears of imminent US sanctions.
Before
Saturday's comments, Trump had been reluctant to criticize Saudi Arabia
and had said on Thursday that he was against cancelling the $110
billion US-Saudi arms deal over the journalist's disappearance.
The
possible murder of Khashoggi, a US permanent resident in self-imposed
exile who had written critically against the Saudi monarchy, has
generated a far stronger international backlash against the kingdom than
the ongoing Saudi-led war in Yemen, which has caused widespread famine
in the already impoverished Arab country.
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