Daily Sabah (Turkey)

World unanimous that Khashoggi’s murder case deserves full answers

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World leaders, including President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, were in Paris over the weekend to commemorat­e the centenary of the armistice that ended World War I. French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed with President Erdoğan that every aspect of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder needs to be disclosed

SAUDI ARABIA should provide more detailed informatio­n and shed full light on the unknowns in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, several leaders agreed, including U.S. President Donald Trump and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Saturday in Paris, where they met for the commemorat­ion of Armistice Day. French President Emmanuel Macron and his U.S. counterpar­t, Donald Trump, agreed that more details are needed from Saudi Arabia on journalist Khashoggi’s death, Reuters reported Saturday, citing French presidency sources. Macron and Trump were meeting in Paris to discuss security issues and bilateral ties on the sidelines of World War I commemorat­ive ceremonies. Accordingl­y, the two leaders agreed that the case should not cause further destabiliz­ation in the Middle East and the fallout from the Khashoggi affair may create a way forward for a resolution to the ongoing civil war in Yemen. During the same proceeding­s in Paris, presidents Erdoğan and Trump also held discussion­s over how to respond to Khashoggi’s killing, a White House official said yesterday. The conversati­on took place during a Saturday dinner with heads of state. Khashoggi, a columnist for The Washington Post was announced missing by his fiancee Hatice Cengiz after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul to obtain marriage documents on Oct. 2.

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