The Impact of Khashoggi Murder on Saudi Investment Summit
The Riyadh key investment summit kicked off in Saudi Arabia overshadowing the murder of the critic Jamal Khashoggi. Despite of some cancellations from policymakers and business titans, the country carried forward with the summit.
Last year, Saudi Arabia launched the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference, an event attended by businesses and government leaders across the globe to discuss about the trends in the global economy. It’s also known as “Davos in the desert.” However, since the fallout of Khashoggi, many of the event’s high-profile media sponsors and journalists are backing off in a show of solidarity.
The major media sponsors that pulled out were:
- Nikkei
- Bloomberg
- CNN
- CNBC
- Financial Times
- New York Times
CNBC will no long...