Turkey-Saudi Arabia prosecutors meet to extend joint-investigation; world divided for and against the Kingdom

High-ranking Saudi and Turkish prosecutors engd in a dialogue for 75 minutes to discuss investigation into killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi.  

Saudi writer, a US resident, and Washington Post columnist h been missing ever since he entered Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul to fetch his documents on October 2.   Jamal Khashoggi case has put Saudi Arabia in a bubble of denunciation by International leers and fetched global attention. 

Bringing attention to recent progress of event, on October 29, top prosecutor of Kingdom, Saud al-Mojeb, met with Istanbul’s Chief Public prosecutor at main courthouse in Turkey. 

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Post meeting, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stated that information shared by both prosecutors will be of lever to investigation. 

Both countries are kwn to be running a joint investigation of incident. But as per reports of ANI, Turkey has been leaking material about case to media intentionally, to build pressure for a full disclosure from Saudi Arabia. Turkey is seeking deportation of Saudi suspects detained for murder. Saudi Foreign Minister el al-Jubeir, however, said that perpetrators would be tried in Kingdom itself and brought to justice post completion of entire investigation. 

In ir current narrative, Saudi officials depict murder as a rogue operation run by nts who exceeded ir authority. Some of those concerned in killing are close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, kingdom's heir-apparent whose condemnation of killing has failed to relieve suspicions of his involvement. 

Khashoggi, a onetime Saudi insider and U.S. resident who lived in self-induced exile for almost a year before his murder, h criticised Crown Prince in Washington Post column. 

Overwhelmed by international pressure, Kingdom has altered ir narrative about killings multiple times; with ir recent ackwledgment that evidence put out by Turkey is premeditated.

Whereas, Turkey alleges a 15-member hit squ was sent to Istanbul to kill journalist.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country will reveal more evidence about killing but is t in any rush to do so. 

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Apart from Turkey, German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned Saudi’s lack of proactivity to situation saying, “We expect transparency from Saudi Arabia on circumstances of death. Available reports on what happened in Istanbul consulate are insufficient.” Foreign Minister Heiko Maas also suggested that Germany may halt export licenses on arms to Saudi Arabia.  

European Union (EU) diplomat Federica Mogherini labeled death of Saudi journalist as “deeply troubling.” United Kingdom and France, two of biggest countries of EU and largest exporters of arms and ammunition to Saudi Arabia condemned act too. 

Turkey has raised strongest voice in criticising incident, and currently, investigation for body of Khashoggi is in process. "Turkey will never allow a cover-up," a spokesperson from Justice and Development Party (AKP) said.

''Khashoggi's Killing Is One Of Worst Cover-Ups,” a statement that was initially released by President Trump, but President denied scrapping $110 billion arms deal with ir ally, also ir “biggest investors” with a total investment of $450 billion. 

Whereas, Arab countries and few of closest allies of Saudi Arabia like UAE, Bahrain, Egypt and Jordan have hailed Kingdom.