The White House countered a joint statement released by the UAE and Saudi Arabia and said Brittney Griner's release was negotiated only by the U.S. and Russia.
on Thursday looked to set the record straight on who was responsible for the negotiations that secured WNBA star Brittney Griner’s safe return from Russia: Washington and Moscow., and that's how we were able to secure Brittney's release," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds the daily news conference at the White House on Dec. 8, 2022."The only countries that negotiated this deal were the United States and Russia," she said, adding that"there was no mediation involved" by either Saudi Arabia or the UAE. A Russian court found Brittney Griner guilty of smuggling and storing narcotics after prosecutors requested a sentence of nine and a half years in jail for the athlete.
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