Donald Trump issues important statement about Saudi Arabia
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*WASHINGTON - The United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday has issued statement over relations with Saudi Arabia after the reported killing of the journalist.*
*He said he does not want to walk away from Saudi Arabia despite concerns about a missing Saudi journalist.*
“I do not want to do that,” Donald Trump said in an interview and reiterated his hopes that Saudi leaders were not involved in the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi.
Trump’s top diplomat Mike Pompeo meanwhile said Riyadh should be given a few more days to complete a probe into the disappearance of the veteran journalist, a prominent critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Turkish officials have said they believe Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist, was murdered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 and his body removed. Turkish sources have told Reuters the authorities have an audio recording indicating Khashoggi was killed inside the consulate.
The Saudis have strongly denied those allegations, but U.S. media outlets have reported they will acknowledge he was killed in a botched interrogation. Trump has speculated without providing evidence that “rogue killers” could be responsible.
