Iran Press/ Asia: “So far we haven’t been provided any information from the ongoing investigation in Saudi Arabia. Their chief prosecutor got everything from us, he didn’t share anything with us. We want a transparent, credible, swift investigation on Saudi side as well,” Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told CNBC at the annual Doha Forum in Qatar on Sunday.
Turkey has put unprecedented political pressure on Riyadh since the October 2 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
The Saudis deny any involvement by the crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, maintaining that the death was the result of a premeditated rendition plan gone awry after having offered multiple contradictory explanations.
Khashoggi, 59, an outspoken critic of Mohammed bin Salman, disappeared after he entered the Saudi diplomatic mission in the Turkish city on October 2 to complete some paperwork for his forthcoming marriage.
After 18 days of silence and rejecting claims that Khashoggi was killed, the Saudi government finally bowed down to international pressure on October 20th and claimed the prominent journalist was killed in a fist-fight inside Istanbul consulate.
Riyadh claims that the Saudi royal family had no prior knowledge about any murder plot.
Khashoggi's killing has put mounting pressure on Riyadh and Mohammad Bin Salman and undermined them.
Earlier, the US Senate passed two anti-Saudi resolutions, with one resolution forthrightly blaming Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince, Mohammad Bin Salman for the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. 101/202
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