British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt has warned there would be “consequences” if Saudi authorities were found to have been involved in the assassination of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
“I cannot speculate what we would do until we have the details, but if the stories that we read are true, then of course it will [have consequences],” Hunt told BBC Radio on Friday.
“Part of our reaction will depend on the Saudi reaction, and whether we sense that they are taking it as seriously as we are taking it,” he added.
Hunt acknowledged that Britain has strategic ties with Saudi Arabia and then said, “They share intelligence with us that keeps people on the streets safe. But, in the end, if the stories are true, we have to be absolutely clear, it would not be consistent with our values.”
Khashoggi, who was also a US green card holder, entered the Saudi mission on October 2 in order to obtain the necessary paperwork for…