Adel Al Jubeir calls on Saudi Arabia’s accusers in Bezos phone hack to ‘acknowledge their mistake’
State Minister for Foreign Affairs reiterates kingdom ‘had nothing to do with allegations'
Abu Dhabi: Saudi Arabia’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Adel Al Jubeir, called Saturday on those who “accused the Kingdom” of being involved in the hacking of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos’ phone last year to “acknowledge their mistake.”
Al Jubeir asked on his Twitter account, “Now that the truth that “the Kingdom had nothing to do with the allegations” had been revealed, whether people would “simply delete their tweets” and “hope that their positions at the time disappear into the sunset?”
Personal account
Reports in January 2020 claimed Amazon billionaire Bezos’ phone was hacked after receiving a WhatsApp message sent from the personal account of the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Saudi Arabia’s embassy in the US rejected the claims at the time as “absurd,” while Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said the allegations were “absolutely silly” while speaking to Reuters at last year’s World Economic Forum in Davos.