Egypt Says Trusts Results Of Saudi Investigation Into Murder Of Journalist Khashoggi
Fakhir Rizvi Published November 16, 2018 | 03:42 AM
CAIRO (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 16th November, 2018) Cairo fully trusts the results of the probe into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi recently revealed by the Saudi prosecutors, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said.
On Thursday, Saudi Prosecutor General's Office demanded the death penalty for five defendants accused in the Khashoggi murder case. Moreover, the authorities detained 21 people and charged 11 suspects in the case. Riyadh said the head of the team tasked with Khashoggi's repatriation to Saudi Arabia had given the order to kill the journalist in case the operation to convince Khashoggi to return failed.
"Egypt has closely followed the Saudi judicial authorities' statement of November 15 on the results of the investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi that have shown that the kingdom was serious and acted transparently in search of truth ... Egypt reiterates one more time that it fully trusts the Saudi prosecutors and the results of the probe," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
Cairo called on all the interested parties to take the result of the probe into consideration and refrain from politicization of the case and speculations about it.
Khashoggi, the US-based Saudi opposition journalist, who worked for the US Washington Post newspaper, went missing after visiting the Saudi consulate in Turkey on October 2. After repeated denials, the Saudi authorities acknowledged in late October that the journalist had been killed inside the diplomatic mission's building.
The Saudi Foreign Ministry maintains that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud was not involved in the murder, thus denying claims that the crown prince had ordered the killing.
Turkey, which is carrying out a separate investigation into the Khashoggi murder, claims that the Saudi statement in the case is insufficient.
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