Manama, October 27
Riyadh on Saturday dismissed Ankara’s calls to extradite 18 Saudis wanted for the murder of critic Jamal Khashoggi, as Washington warned the crisis risked destabilising the Middle East.
“The individuals are Saudi nationals. They’re detained in Saudi Arabia, and the investigation is in Saudi Arabia, and they will be prosecuted in Saudi Arabia,” Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told a regional defence forum in Bahrain.
He was responding to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who on Friday renewed his call for the 18 men to be extradited for trial in Turkey.
Khashoggi, 59, who had lived in self-imposed exile in the US since 2017, vanished after entering the consulate on October 2 to obtain paperwork for his marriage to his Turkish fiancee.
Gruesome reports have alleged that he was murdered and his body dismembered by a team sent from Saudi Arabia to silence the Washington Post columnist, who had criticised Saudi’s powerful Crown Prince.
Saudi authorities have arrested 18 men wanted by Ankara following the international furore over murder, which was reportedly carried out in the consulate by a team which flew to Istanbul. — PTI
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