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The Saudi public prosecutor heading the investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi met with the chief prosecutor of Istanbul on Monday.
The meeting lasted around 75 minutes.
Saud al-Mujeb, Saudi’s top prosecutor, came to Istanbul in early hours of Monday to meet Istanbul’s Chief Public Prosecutor Irfan Fidan.
President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday that Turkey values the outcome of the talks between the two prosecutors.
The Saudi prosecutor will also inspect the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and columnist for The Washington Post, had gone missing since entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2.
After weeks of denying any knowledge of his whereabouts, Saudi officials on Oct. 20 admitted that Khashoggi had died inside the consulate building.
The Saudi public prosecutor heading the investigation into the killing of Jamal Khashoggi arrived in Istanbul overnight, the state-owned Anadolu news agency said on Monday, ahead of expected talks with the Istanbul chief prosecutor.President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday that Turkey values the outcome of the talks between the two prosecutors. The timing of their meeting was not immediately clear.Anadolu said the Saudi prosecutor would also inspect the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Erdoğan asks Saudi Arabia to reveal whereabouts of Khashoggi's bodyKhashoggi murder has ‘tragic impact’ on Arabs: HoweidyMattis said Khashoggi’s murder undermines Mideast stability
Saudi public prosecutor arrives in Istanbul overnight