Pompeo says downgrading U.S. ties to Saudi Arabia would be mistake


Reuters | Updated: 28-11-2018 21:12 IST | Created: 28-11-2018 21:12 IST

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that downgrading U.S. ties with Saudi Arabia would be a mistake for national security and would not push Saudis in a better direction at home.

"The October murder of Saudi national Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey has heightened the Capitol Hill caterwauling and media pile-on. But degrading U.S.-Saudi ties would be a grave mistake for the national security of the U.S. and its allies," Pompeo wrote in a blog post shortly before he testified before a Senate committee. (Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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