In Riyadh, British FM urges end to Yemen war, justice for Khashoggi

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has called on Saudi Arabia to end its devastating war against Yemen while pressing for the kingdom’s cooperation with an investigation into the brutal killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Hunt held talks with Saudi King Salman in the capital Riyadh on Monday, discussing the "latest developments in the region" in a meeting also attended by Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir and Britain's ambassadors to Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Hunt is also due to meet later with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a main proponent of the Saudi-led military aggression against Yemen.

The visit comes as the kingdom is already under fire over kicking off bloodshed in the impoverished country more than three years ago with a declared bid to remove the Houthi Ansarullah Movement from power and reinstate former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.

"The human cost of war in Yemen is incalculable: with millions displaced, famine and disease rife and years of bloodshed, the only solution is now a political decision to set aside arms and pursue peace," Hunt said in a statement ahead of the trip.

"So today I am traveling to the [Persian] Gulf to demand that all sides commit to this process," he added.

According to a new report by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), a nonprofit conflict-research organization, the Saudi-led war has so far claimed the lives of around 56,000 Yemenis.

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The war has also taken a heavy toll on the country’s infrastructure, destroying hospitals, schools, and factories. The UN has already said that a record 22.2 million Yemenis are in dire need of food, including 8.4 million threatened by severe hunger. According to the world body, Yemen is suffering from the most severe famine in more than 100 years.

A number of Western countries, the United States and Britain in particular, stand accused of being complicit in the ongoing aggression as they supply the Riyadh regime with advanced weapons and military equipment as well as logistical and intelligence assistance.

Saudi Arabia is also facing global criticism and potential sanctions over Khashoggi's killing inside the Saudi consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul on October 2.

Khashoggi, a prominent commentator on Saudi affairs who wrote for the Washington Post’s Global Opinions section, had lived in self-imposed exile in the US since September 2017, when he left Saudi Arabia over fears of the Riyadh regime’s crackdown on critical voices.

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The pro-government newspaper Sabah reported that the suitcases were then taken to the Saudi consul’s residence.

The 60-year-old was seeking to secure documentation for his forthcoming marriage when he entered the Saudi consulate, but never came out despite Riyadh’s initial claim that he exited the mission less than an hour after completing his paperwork.

The Saudi kingdom, after denying the murder for several days, finally admitted that Khashoggi had been killed in the consulate during an interrogation by rogue operatives that had gone wrong after diplomatic pressure grew tremendously on Riyadh to give an account on the mysterious fate of its national.

However, Saudi Arabia said that it did not know the whereabouts of Khashoggi’s body, which is widely believed to have been dismembered.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the assassination was ordered at the "highest levels" of the Saudi government.

Britain has called for a "credible" investigation into Khashoggi’s killing, urging Saudi authorities to do more to provide accountability for his family.

"The international community remains united in horror and outrage at the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi one month ago. It is clearly unacceptable that the full circumstances behind his murder still remain unclear," Hunt said before the Riyadh visit.

"We encourage the Saudi authorities to cooperate fully with the Turkish investigation into his death, so that we deliver justice for his family and the watching world," he added.

Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey had shared recordings related to the killing with Saudi officials as well as intelligence services from four Western countries, including Britain.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that his country’s intelligence had listened to Turkish recordings of what had happened to the dissident Saudi journalist.

"Canada's intelligence agencies have been working very closely on this issue with Turkish intelligence and Canada has been fully briefed on what Turkey had to share and I had a conversation with Erdogan a couple of weeks ago and here in Paris we had brief exchanges and I thanked him for his strength in responding to the Khashoggi situation," Trudeau said at a news conference in Paris.

Trudeau stressed that Canadian agents had heard the Turkish recordings but he himself had not.

"We continue to be engaged with our allies on the investigation into accountability for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and we are in discussions with our like-minded allies as to the next steps with regard Saudi Arabia," the Canadian premier added.

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