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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he was in talks with MBS. The Wall Street Journal report.
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Journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in 2018 at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.
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MBS reportedly wants Prime Minister Erdogan to stop mentioning Khashoggi’s killings.
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Salman wants to promise Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that he will never mention the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi again. The Wall Street Journal report.
Prime Minister Erdogan said he would visit Saudi Arabia next month after being informed that Bin Salman had invited him. The move is an effort to overcome further tensions between the two countries after Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in 2018.
Khashoggi entered the consulate on October 2, 2018 and received the marriage documents needed to marry his Turkish fiancée. Hatige Senzis, However, it did not come out.
Turkish officials claim that Khashoggi was killed inside the consulate and his body was dismantled. With a bone saw.. US and UN officials also support these claims. His body has not yet been found.
A Declassify CIA intelligence reports show that the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia is directly involved in the killing of Khashoggi.
A Turkish court has tried 26 Saudi citizens involved in the murder in the absence, with the next trial date set for July 8. Insider Azmi Haroun previously reported.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia has tried 11 people for what they said was an “illegal operation” in the killing of Khashoggi. December 2019, Riyadh Criminal Court Judgment Five of them died. The other three were sentenced to imprisonment.
However, several members of the hit team that killed Khashoggi are believed to live in luxurious villas in government-run Saudi Arabian security facilities. Parents Reported last week.
The journal reported that Saudi Arabia had not confirmed the meeting between the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and Prime Minister Erdogan, but those familiar with the effort told Outlet that the two leaders were about to meet for weeks. rice field.
Binsalman’s goal may be to ease diplomatic issues and stories after Khashoggi’s killing, but Erdogan may be holding a conference for financial support to support Turkey. Currency crisis, The journal reported.
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