October 18, 2018 8:31 PM

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UK minister pulls out of Saudi trade conference over Khashoggi

Britain's Trade Minister has pulled out of a Saudi investment conference on October 23 over the Kingdom's involvement in the disappearance and alleged slaying of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. <br />''<br />''<br />''International Trade Secretary Liam Fox is the latest high-level Western official to drop out of attending next week's summit in Riyadh. <br />''<br />''<br />''French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and Dutch Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra have also cancelled, along with several senior business executives.<br />''<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Britain's Department for International Trade said  Fox has decided the time is not right for him to attend the Future Investment Initiative.  </span><br />

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