Washington, US President Donald Trump has said he was “not satisfied” with the response of Riyadh over the death of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a Saudi consulate in Turkey.<\/p>\n
The president also said a group of US officials are in Saudi Arabia and another group of investigators in Turkey are trying to gather information on this issue.<\/p>\n
“I am not satisfied with what I’ve heard,” Trump told reporters at the White House before leaving for an election rally in Texas.<\/p>\n
“We will know very soon. We have tremendously talented people very well. They’re coming back tonight or tomorrow and I will know very soon,” he said responding to a question.<\/p>\n
Khashoggi, a writer for The Washington Post, was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, where he had gone to collect some papers related to his marriage.<\/p>\n
For the first two weeks, the Government of Saudi Arabia had said Khashoggi left the consulate through the back door.<\/p>\n
Following a global outrage, a few days ago, the Saudi government in a statement acknowledged that Khashoggi was killed in a fistfight inside the consulate and noted that an interrogation went wrong.<\/p>\n
Except for Trump administration officials, lawmakers and think-tanks are saying that the Saudi explanation is not credible.<\/p>\n
Trump had told reporters that he has spoken to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who wields the real power in Saudi Arabia after the King.<\/p>\n
“We have people over in Saudi Arabia now. We have top intelligence people in Turkey. We’re going to see what we have.<\/p>\n
“I’ll know a lot tomorrow, they’ll be coming back either tonight or tomorrow morning,” the US president said.<\/p>\n
Responding to questions, Trump said he was against making any move on the USD 110 billion mega arms deal with the Saudis.<\/p>\n
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