Saudi Arabia lashed out at Washington Monday, saying the kingdom “rejects any interference in its internal affairs,” days after the U.S. Senate blamed the Saudi crown prince for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and demanded an end to U.S. support for the kingdom’s military campaign in Yemen.
The government in Riyadh “hopes that it is not drawn into domestic political debates in the United States of America,” the Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement, expressing frustration with two critical resolutions pushed through by senators late last week.
The kingdom wishes to “avoid any ramifications on the ties between the two countries that have significant negative impacts on this important strategic relationship,” the foreign ministry said, according to a report circulated via the official Saudi Press Agency.
It was the first public pushback by Riyadh to the Senate resolutions passed Thursday.
While the measure to end U.S. support for the Saudi campaign in Yemen has little chance of becoming law — analysts say it’s highly unlikely to pass the U.S. House and would almost surely be vetoed by President Trump if it did — the move by the Republican-controlled Senate dealt an embarrassing rhetorical blow to the Trump administration.
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