Washington, Oct 23 (UNI) CIA director Gina Haspel is traveling to Istanbul to meet with Turkish officials who are investigating the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
US President Donald Trump said Monday that he has "top intelligence people in Turkey," but did not give further details. Trump said he is still not satisfied with the explanation he has heard about Khashoggi's death, but said "we're going to get to the bottom of it", reports VOA news.
Haspel departed Monday for Turkey to work on the investigation into Khashoggi's death.
The president said he had spoken with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler — since Khashoggi's death. He said he will know more about the death once US teams investigating the killing return to Washington from Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
Meanwhile,Steven Mnuchin, US Treasury Secretary met Saudi Arabia's crown prince in Riyadh.
The Saudi Foreign Ministry tweets " #CrownPrince meets with the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and stresses the importance of Saudi-US strategic partnership, where it holds an important role in the future in line with the Kingdom’s #Vision2030".
Mnuchin canceled his plans to attend a three-day investment conference hosted by Saudi Arabia beginning Tuesday, but said he would meet the Saudi crown prince to discuss counterterrorism efforts.
Istanbul released a new video showing a Saudi agent wearing Khashoggi's clothing and leaving Riyadh's consulate on Oct. 2.The Turkish law enforcement took the video.
Turkish officials say he was tortured, decapitated and then dismembered. One Saudi official told ABC News that Khashoggi's body was given to a "local cooperator" in Istanbul for disposal, but Saudi officials have said they do not know what happened to his remains.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is vowing to reveal details about the case in a Tuesday speech to his parliament.
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