Trump administration granted authorisations to American companies to share nuclear information with Riyadh just days after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi - US senator
Senator Tim Kaine, a Democrat from Virginia, where Khashoggi lived, called the timing of the approvals "shocking" and adds to a "disturbing pattern of behaviour" of the administration's policy on Saudi Arabia.authorisation on October 18, 16 days after Khashoggi was killed.US authorities have concluded that responsibility for Khashoggi's death went to the highest levels of the Saudi government.
Saudi Arabia and Washington had begun talks about nuclear power development before Trump's presidency. But progress has been slow as the kingdom opposes measures that would prevent it from enriching uranium and reprocessing plutonium, two potential pathways to making fissile material for nuclear weapons.
Late last month, Trump declared a national emergency because of tensions with Iran and swept aside objections from Congress to complete the sale of more than $8 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.
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