The British government has insisted that it will consider action in response to the death of a Saudi journalist in Turkey, saying those who killed Jamal Khashoggi must be held into account.
The Home Office (the British foreign ministry) said Saturday that it was considering “next steps” after the Saudi government acknowledged Khashoggi was killed in the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
“As the Foreign Secretary has said, this was a terrible act and those responsible must be held to account,” said the ministry in a statement, adding, “We are considering the Saudi report and our next steps.”
Britain, a close ally of the Saudi Arabian government and a major arms supplier to the kingdom, had earlier indicated that it would stop short of imposing an arms sale embargo on Riyadh over its role in the disappearance and murder of Khashoggi. Officials had said a ban on British arms sale to the Saudis would enable rivals like China…