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Khashoggi Disappearance: Turkey To Search Saudi Consulate

Istabul (October 15, 2018): Turkish officials investigating the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi will search Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul later on Monday, the Turkish foreign ministry says.

Turkish officials believe Mr Khashoggi was murdered in the consulate by Saudi agents nearly two weeks ago, but Riyadh strongly denies this.

Diplomatic pressure is growing on the Saudis to give a fuller explanation.

On Monday, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman ordered an investigation into the case.

“The king has ordered the public prosecutor to open an internal investigation into the Khashoggi matter based on the information from the joint team in Istanbul,” an official quoted by Reuters news agency said.

The official said the prosecutor had been instructed to work quickly. Last week, Turkey accepted a Saudi proposal to form a joint working group to investigate Mr. Khashoggi’s disappearance.

President Trump has tweeted that he has just spoken to King Salman, who denied any knowledge of what might have happened to Mr. Khashoggi.

Mr. Trump said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would be going to Saudi Arabia to meet the king. Saudi Arabia agreed last week to allow Turkish officials to search the building but insisted it would only be a superficial “visual” inspection.

Turkey rejected that offer. The Sabah daily newspaper said investigators had wanted to search the building with luminol, a chemical which shows up any traces of blood.

King Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by telephone on Sunday evening, officials said and stressed the importance of the two countries working together on the case.

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