Trump promises to unearth the truth about the disappearance of Khashoggi
Trump promises to unearth the truth about the disappearance of Khashoggi
President Donald Trump on Friday, USA UU You will discover the truth about what happened to the journalist and resident of the United States. UU Jamal Khashoggi, whose possible assassination by Saudi hands after disappearing in Istanbul has captured world attention. Trump promised to personally call King Salman of Saudi Arabia soon about "the terrible situation in Turkey. "
"We're going to find out what happened," Trump promised when reporters questioned him in Cincinnati, where he was leading a political rally.
Khashoggi, a powerful critic of the Saudi government, disappeared more than a week after entering a Saudi consulate in Istanbul, and Turkish officials have said they believe he was killed there. US officials say they are seeking answers from the Saudi government and are not yet accepting the Turkish government's findings.
The Saudis have described the accusations that they are responsible for Khashoggi's "baseless" disappearance. The general broadcast video shows that the 59-year-old writer and collaborator of the Washington Post entered the consulate on Tuesday of last week, but there is no one to show him how he is going.
Separately, Secretary of State. Mike Pompeo He spoke with Khashoggi's girlfriend, Hatice Cengiz, the State Department said on Friday. No details of the conversation were released.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Friday, Cengiz said Khashoggi was not nervous when he entered the Saudi consulate to obtain the necessary documents for his marriage.
"He said: 'See you later my darling', and entered," he told the AP.
Citing unnamed sources, the Post reported on Friday that the government of Turkey has told US officials that it has audio and video evidence that Khashoggi was killed and dismembered. The AP has not been able to confirm that report. In the written responses to the AP questions, Cengiz said the Turkish authorities had not told him about any tapes and that Khashoggi was officially "disappeared."
She said the investigators were examining their cell phones, which he had left with her.
Saudi Arabia says that Khashoggi left the consulate. They have not seen him since, although his fiancee was waiting outside.
Both Turkey and Saudi Arabia are important allies of the United States in the region. Trump said Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin will evaluate whether he will attend a conference of Saudi investors later this month.
"The answer is that I am now," Mnuchin told reporters at Bali, Indonesia, where I attended a global financial meeting. "If more information appears next week, I'll keep it in mind," he said.
On Thursday, Trump had said that US relations with Saudi Arabia were "excellent" and that he was reluctant to sneak into the highly lucrative US arms deals with Riyadh. Several members of Congress have pressured the Trump administration to impose sanctions on the country in response to the Khashoggi case.
A delegation from Saudi Arabia arrived in Turkey on Friday as part of an investigation into the disappearance of the writer. In a statement posted on Twitter, the Saudis welcomed the joint effort and said the kingdom was willing "to maintain the security of its citizens, wherever they may be".
Cengiz said that she and the journalist would have married this week and planned a joint life divided between Istanbul and the United States, where Khashoggi had been living in self-imposed exile since last year.
She had asked for help from Trump, who earlier this week said he would invite her to the White House.
Cengiz did not answer a question about that, but on early Friday she urged Trump on Twitter to use his influence to find out what happened.
"What's wrong with Jamal Khashoggi?" She wrote in response to a Trump tweet in which she said she had been "working very hard" to free an American evangelical pastor who has been detained for two years in Turkey. Andrew Brunson was released on Friday night.
Amid growing concern over the fate of Khashoggi, French President Emmanuel Macron said his country wanted to know "the whole truth" about the disappearance of the writer, and that the first details of the case were "very worrying."
Macron said: "I am waiting for the truth and clarity to be made", since the matter is "very serious". He spoke on Friday in Yerevan, Armenia, to French radio stations RFI and France.
In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesperson, Steffen Seibert, said Berlin was also "very concerned" about the writer's disappearance and asked Saudi Arabia to "fully participate" to clarify reports that he was killed.
Global business leaders began to reevaluate their ties with Saudi Arabia, putting pressure on the Gulf kingdom to explain what happened to Khashoggi.
Khashoggi, who considered himself close to the Saudi royal family, had become a critic of the current government and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the 33-year-old heir who has introduced reforms but who has shown little tolerance for criticism.
As a contributor to The Washington Post, Khashoggi has written extensively on Saudi Arabia, including criticism of his war in Yemen, his recent diplomatic row with Canada and the arrest of women's rights activists after the driving ban was lifted.
All these policies are seen as initiatives of the Crown Prince, who has also chaired a summary of activists and entrepreneurs.
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Fraser reported from Ankara.
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