Turkey denies giving ‘any kind of audio tape’ on Khashoggi to US

Turkey denies giving ‘any kind of audio tape’ on Khashoggi to US

Turkey denies having handed over any kind of audio tape, concerning Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance, to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo or any American official.

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul more than two weeks ago, amid persistent reports he was killed inside (AFP pic)
ISTANBUL:
Turkey on Friday denied giving “any kind of audio tape” from the investigation into the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo or any American official.

“It is out of the question for Turkey to give any kind of audio tape to Pompeo or any other US official,” said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, two days after meeting with the US top diplomat for talks in Ankara.

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