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Sufficient evidence exists to open an investigation into the responsibility of top Saudi officials, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman: UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions Agnès Callamard said on Wednesday after six months of investigation into the death of Jamal Khashoggi. The journalist was killed on October 2 in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Turkey, which has constantly questioned Saudi Arabian power, welcomes the conclusions of the UN report.
With our correspondent in Istanbul, Anne Andlauer
Turkey was waiting for this UN report with more impatience than any other country. Since the confirmation of Jamal Khashoggi's death in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the Turkish authorities had done everything possible to give the case a global impact , pleading for the opening of an international investigation.
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This is also the recommendation of this UN report, which Turkey seems satisfied with. " We strongly support the rapporteur's recommendations to elucidate Khashoggi's murder and hold those responsible to account, " said Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu on Twitter.
BM Raportörü Callamard'ın Kaşıkçı cinayetinin aydınlatılmasına, sorumlularının hesap vermesine yönelik tavsiyelerini kuvvetle destekliyoruz.
Strongly endorse #One reporter @ AgnesCallamard's recommendations for elucidating Khashoggi's murder & holding those responsible accountable
The UN Special Rapporteur calls for an international criminal investigation into the individual responsibility of senior Saudi officials, including that of the Crown Prince. This is precisely what the authorities of Ankara, who publicly accused Mohammed bin Salman of having ordered this murder, claim.
Turkey therefore believes that this report is right - it has for months accused Western countries, including the United States, to spare Riyadh in the name of their economic interests.