{"id":18100,"date":"2018-10-12T00:23:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T00:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=18100"},"modified":"2018-10-12T00:23:43","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T00:23:43","slug":"turkey-to-work-with-saudi-investigators-on-khashoggis-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=18100","title":{"rendered":"Turkey to work with Saudi investigators on Khashoggi’s case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Istanbul, Turkey<\/strong>\u00a0– Turkey has accepted Saudi Arabia’s proposal to form a joint working group to investigate the case of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who vanished after entering his country’s Istanbul consulate over a week ago.<\/p>\n

“In the context of the cooperation between Turkey and Saudi Arabia, as a result of an offer from Saudi Arabia, we have decided to form a working group in order to enlighten all aspects of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi incident,” Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin\u00a0<\/span>told Anadolu Agency on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Istanbul’s public prosecutor will continue to pursue the ongoing investigation separately, the news agency added.<\/p>\n

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Explainer: What we know about the Khashoggi probe<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor and critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s policies, entered Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to obtain necessary official documents ahead of his marriage to his Turkish fiancee.<\/p>\n

Khashoggi ‘killed in consulate’<\/h2>\n

Turkish officials said police believed the Saudi journalist was killed by a team specially sent to Istanbul – a claim denied by Saudi authorities.<\/p>\n

The announcement of the working group is a new development in terms of cooperation between the two countries, after Turkey’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that Saudi authorities would allow them to enter and search the consulate premises.<\/p>\n

However, the sides have been negotiating the nature of the visit, which is still pending, according to reports.<\/p>\n

Local media on Wednesday published the identities of what it said was a 15-member Saudi officers allegedly involved in the disappearance of Khashoggi, along with CCTV footage from the time they spent in Turkey.<\/p>\n

The footage included visuals from Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport while they were entering and leaving the country, as well as ones showing them checking in and out of a hotel close to the consulate building.<\/p>\n

Human Rights Watch warning<\/h2>\n
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What happened to Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

United States-based Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Mohammad Bin Salman should immediately release all evidence and information Saudi Arabia holds regarding the status of the Khashoggi.<\/p>\n

Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, on Thursday warned against Saudi Arabia’s participation in the official probe.<\/p>\n

“Given that Saudi Arabia will not provide any evidence about Khashoggi’s movements in and out of the consulate, they cannot be trusted to conduct a genuine – far less effective – investigation,” Whitson said.<\/p>\n

Khashoggi left Saudi Arabia last year, saying he feared retribution for his criticism of Riyadh over the Yemen war and its crackdown on dissent and royal family member.<\/p>\n

The United Nations, United States and some members of the European Union have all called for a thorough investigation and explanation over the fate of the Saudi writer, as international pressure grows on the Riyadh.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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