Saudi Arabia says it welcomes Biden's order to release 9/11 files
The Saudi Embassy in Washington said it hoped the documents' declassification would put an end to the "baseless allegations against the kingdom."
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday said it welcomes the US government’s planned release of government documents relating to the September 11 attacks, which some families of the victims believe could implicate Riyadh.
A statement issued by the Saudi Embassy in the United States offered support for the declassification with the “hope that a full release of these documents will end the baseless allegations against the kingdom once and for all.”
Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Biden on Friday issued an executive order directing the US Department of Justice to oversee a declassification review of documents related to the FBI's investigation into the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. US Attorney General Merrick Garland is required to release the declassified documents publicly over the next six months.
“The American people deserve to have a fuller picture of what their government knows about those attacks,” Biden said in a statement Friday.
