Boris Johnson took £14,000 jaunt as a guest of Saudi regime
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by Dominic Yeatman
BORIS JOHNSON is under fire after it emerged he took a £14,000 all-expenses paid trip to Saudi Arabia days before the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The ex-foreign secretary enjoyed flights, hotels and dinners paid for by the Saudi ministry of foreign affairs between September 19 to 21, which was declared in the Commons register of interests.
It was less than a fortnight before Mr Khashoggi’s murder in Saudia Arabia’s Istanbul consulate.
A friend of Mr Johnson said he accepted the invitation ‘to discuss his long-standing campaign of improving education for women and girls. He has denounced the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and continues to believe the UK must hold Saudi Arabia to account for this barbaric act’.
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