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The Saudi Foreign Minister described the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi earlier this month at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul as "unacceptable". (21st of October)
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A security guard stands in front of the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Saturday, October 20, 2018. Saudi Arabia claims that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi died in a "hand-to-hand fight" at the consulate, admitting finally that the author had been killed at his diplomatic post. (Photo: Lefteris Pitarakis, AP)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that he would use a speech in his country's parliament on Tuesday to reveal all the "details" of the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul.
Saudi Arabia admitted that Khashoggi was murdered in his diplomatic compound in the Turkish city earlier this month, but she accused her of a "rogue operation" and denied that her powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had ordered her death.
"It is obvious that a huge mistake has been made and that the mistake has been compounded by the attempt to conceal it is unacceptable to any government," said the Saudi Foreign Minister, Adel al-Jubeir, in an interview with Fox News on Sunday night.
"We are determined to punish those responsible for this murder," he said. "The people who acted in this way did so outside of their authority."
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Nevertheless, Saudi Arabia's explanation of Khashoggi's murder has prompted widespread international skepticism and accusations of concealment, including by US lawmakers, to exonerate the Crown Prince of any direct responsibility. The de facto leader of the oil-rich kingdom has good relations with President Donald Trump.
Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, said Saturday on CNN's "State of the Union" that he believed the Crown Prince was behind the murder.
He "crossed a line and there must be a punishment and a price paid for it," Corker said. He also urged Turkey to disclose the evidence regarding the killing of Khashoggi.
Turkish media quoted officials as saying that audio and video recordings showed that a 15-member Saudi team had gone to Istanbul, waited for Khashoggi at the consulate, and then cut off his fingers. killed and dismembered the journalist. Former writer, Turkish officials have yet to officially confirm that they have these recordings.
The Saudis have presented few contradictory accounts of his death.
For more than two weeks after Khashoggi's disappearance after entering the consulate on October 2, Saudi Arabia insisted that he leave the building. He also stated that the allegations that he was killed inside the consulate were "unfounded". On Saturday, the Saudi prosecutor said that Khashoggi had died as a result of a fight and that 18 Saudi nationals had been arrested in connection with the case. Al-Jubeir's interview on Sunday was the first time the Saudi authorities used the word "murder" to describe the killing of Khashoggi.
In an interview with The Washington Post, Trump acknowledged "that there has been deception and lies, their stories are everywhere." But he also praised the Saudi Crown Prince as a "strong character" able to control the disparate factions of his country and that was key to the success of US-Saudi economic relations.
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"Nobody told me that he was responsible, no one said that he was not responsible, we did not reach that point." have not heard of it in any way, "Trump said.
Britain, Germany and France issued a joint statement condemning the killing of Khashoggi, saying that it is "urgent to clarify what has happened".
Before delivering his speech on Tuesday, Erdogan said, "Why did these 15 people come here, why were 18 people arrested, all of this must be explained in all its details." The Turkish leader has not said whether the audio evidence documenting Khashoggi's murder inside the consulate would be communicated to Saudi Arabia, the United States and his allies.
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