Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu spoke on the phone with his U.S. counterpart Mike Pompeo, a Turkish foreign ministry source said on Friday.
There was no information immediately available regarding the content of the phone call.
Pompeo had traveled to the Turkish capital Ankara on Oct. 17 to discuss the possible murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
Khashoggi has been missing since Oct. 2 when he was last seen entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.
After days of denying any knowledge of his whereabouts, Saudi officials last week admitted that Khashoggi had died inside the consulate building.
The foreign ministers of Turkey and Saudi Arabia on Friday discussed the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a phone call, according to Turkish diplomatic sources.Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and his counterpart Adel al-Jubeir exchanged views on the clearing up the case of Khashoggi, said the sources who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media.The top diplomats also discussed bilateral ties, the sources added.Iran MP calls for ‘trying’ Riyadh over Khashoggi murderSaudi-born Khashoggi, a columnist for The Washington Post, went missing after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2.On Thursday, the Saudis appeared to inch closer to Turkey’s initial findings in the investigation when the kingdom’s public prosecutor said evidence provided by Turkey indicated the killing was planned in advance.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday said that Saudi Arabia will send a chief prosecutor to Turkey regarding the case.Norway wealth fund plans to double Saudi investmentsKremlin says no reason to doubt Saudi statements on Khashoggi murderCall by Khashoggi’s fiancée caused Saudi hit squad to panic, dump journo’s remains in well
Turkish FM discusses Khashoggi case with Saudi counterpart