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09:07, 12-Nov-2018
Trump discussed Khashoggi response with Turkey's Erdogan: White House official
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08:25, 15-Nov-2018
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US President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart, Tayyip Erdogan, discussed how to respond to the killing last month of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a White House official said on Sunday.
The conversation took place during a Saturday dinner with heads of state and government gathered in Paris to mark the World War I Armistice centenary.
Khashoggi was killed at Saudi Arabia's Istanbul consulate by a team sent from Riyadh. Saudi authorities have acknowledged that the killing was premeditated, but his body has not been found.
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan with his wife Emine Erdogan arrive at the official dinner at the Orsay Museum, as part of the commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of World War I, in Paris, France, November 10, 2018. /VCG Photo
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan with his wife Emine Erdogan arrive at the official dinner at the Orsay Museum, as part of the commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of World War I, in Paris, France, November 10, 2018. /VCG Photo
Erdogan disclosed on Saturday that audio recordings of the killing had been given to the US, French, German and British governments, adding that the operation had been ordered at the “highest levels” of the Saudi government.
Trump expects to form a “stronger opinion” by this coming week on Khashoggi's killing and Washington's response, he said last Wednesday, adding that he was working with Congress, Turkey and Saudi Arabia to establish who bore responsibility.
In a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “emphasized that the United States will hold all of those involved in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi accountable, and that Saudi Arabia must do the same,” the State Department said in a statement.
Source(s): Reuters