Khashoggi Killing Spurs Senate Fury Over Nuclear-Power Talks
- Letter from Republicans adds to doubts about negotiations
- Westinghouse Electric hoping to supply reactors to kingdom
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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A group of Republican senators is urging a halt to talks on selling U.S. nuclear power equipment to Saudi Arabia in response to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, adding to doubts about the stalled deal.
“I would not be investing heavily on the prospects of any deal being finalized soon,” Henry Sokolski, executive director of the Washington-based Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, said in an interview. “It’s at least on the back burner and almost certainly on ice.”