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Airbus, Deutsche executives to skip Saudi investment summit

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Airbus, Deutsche executives to skip Saudi investment summitAirbus said its defense chief Dirk Hoke will no longer attend the Future Investment Initiative conference in Saudi Arabia, the latest senior industry executive to skip next week’s event amid concern about the fate of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Deutsche Bank’s CEO, Christian Sewing, has also canceled plans to attend the summit, a source close to the matter said on Friday. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, who had been trying to rebuild strained ties with the kingdom before Khashoggi disappeared on Oct. 2, called the situation “unacceptable”.