Turkey’s foreign minister on Friday, 23 November, said that US President Donald Trump intended to turn a bind eye to journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder.
Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey's foreign minister in an interview to CNN-Turk said "Trump's statements amount to him saying I'll turn a blind eye no matter what." Cavusoglu also said "Money isn't everything. We must not move away from human values," AP reported.
He made the comments referring to Trump's continued support for Saudi Arabia.
Trump had disputed US intelligence officials’ conclusion report that the crown prince authorised the killing of Khashoggi.
On Thursday, 22 November, Trump had said "maybe the world should be held accountable because the world is a vicious place. The world is a very, very vicious place."
(With inputs from AP.)
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