US and Turkey seek to avoid rupture with Saudi Arabia | Financial Times:
More than two weeks have passed since Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul and was not seen again. But despite mounting evidence that Saudi Arabia was responsible for the death of the veteran journalist, neither Donald Trump nor Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan have publicly pointed the finger at the country’s leadership.
The reaction of the US president has caused serving and former administration officials to worry that he is preparing to help let King Salman and his son Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince and de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, off the hook.
Mike Pompeo, US secretary of state, denied giving Saudi Arabia “the benefit of the doubt” on Wednesday, but also said America needed to be “mindful” of important ties between the two countries “when we approach decisions that the US government will take”. To Washington, Saudi Arabia is an important oil producer and global investor, as well as an increasingly assertive regional power on security and intelligence, observers say.
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