(ANSA) – ISTANBUL, APRIL 12 – The move from Istanbul to Riyadh of the trial on the murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi is “in line” with a process of normalization of relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia. This was made known by the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, as reported by the daily Hurriyet, speaking to the deputies of the ruling AKP party. “We have come a long way with the United Arab Emirates and the Saudis. The transfer of Jamal Khashoggi and the activation of judicial cooperation were in line with the normalization process” with Riyadh Cavusoglu said.
Last week a Turkish court decided to transfer the trial, opened in 2020, on the killing of the journalist Khashoggi, in the Riyadh consulate in Istanbul in 2018, to Saudi Arabia, in which 26 Saudi citizens were charged in absentia, including some close to Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, who according to a CIA report was the instigator of the murder. The case of the murdered reporter created problems in relations between Ankara and Riyadh, including at the level of commercial cooperation, but, since last year, Turkey has tried to re-establish relations and Cavusoglu himself went on an official visit to Riyadh to the first time in nearly 4 years. In January, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would soon be visiting Saudi Arabia. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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