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DOSSIER – In this photo of December 15, 2014, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks at a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. President Donald Trump said that the United States would not lift additional punitive measures against Saudi Arabia for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. (AP Photo / Hasan Jamali, File) The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest news on the consequences of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi (all local times):
The Turkish Foreign Minister criticized President Donald Trump, saying that the US leader seemed to want to turn a blind eye to the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents at the Kingdom's consulate in Istanbul.
Mevlut Cavusoglu also described the reaction of many European countries to Khashoggi's death as "artificial" and "cosmetic". Cavusoglu was referring to the bans imposed by some countries on Saudi citizens detained in Saudi Arabia as a result of the murder, to enter European countries.
Cavusoglu spoke Friday on Turkish television CNN-Turk.
Trump disputed Thursday that US intelligence had concluded that the Saudi Crown Prince had ordered the assassination of Khashoggi, an American journalist criticizing his regime.
Cavusoglu said: "Trump's statements are worth saying," I'm going to close my eyes, no matter what happens. "
He added: "Money is not everything, we must not move away from human values."
According to the Turkish diplomat, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has asked to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the upcoming Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires.
Mevlut Cavusoglu told Turkish TV CNN-Turk on Friday that Turkey saw no "obstacle" to a meeting between the two men, adding that Erdogan would make the final decision as to whether to meet the prince at of the two-day G-20 summit that will begin November 30
This would be the first official contact between the prince and Erdogan, who maintained international pressure on Saudi Arabia following the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last month.
Cavusoglu did not want to confirm a Turkish press article claiming that the CIA had an audio recording of a telephone conversation in which the Crown Prince had instructed to silence Khashoggi.
He says, "If they … they did not share it with us."
President Donald Trump disputed the fact that US intelligence agencies had concluded that the de facto leader of the American Alliance, Saudi Arabia, had ordered the murder of a US journalist criticizing the royal family of the kingdom.
Citing the vehement deception of the crown prince and the king they were involved in, Trump said on Thursday: "Maybe the world should be held responsible, because the world is a perverse place, the world is a very, very perverse."
Congressional critics and senior officials in other countries accuse Trump of ignoring human rights and giving Saudi Arabia a laissez-passer for economic reasons, including its influence over the global oil market.
Trump said this week that he would not impose tougher sanctions on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the death and dismemberment of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's consulate. in Istanbul last month.
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