SAUDI GOVERNMENT RULES OUT EXTRADITING SUSPECTS IN KHASHOGGI MURDER CASE

However, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Adel al-Jubeir in reaction to the extradition request by the Turkish authorities ruled out to honour the request at a news conference held at a Gulf Arab Summit in Riyadh.

Penpushing recalled that, the United States of America(USA) Treasury ,last month  sanctioned 17 Saudis, including Qahtani but not Asiri, for their role in Khashoggi’s murder. The Saudi Public Prosecutor argued that the order to repatriate Khashoggi came from Asiri and that a travel ban has been imposed on Qahtani.

Meanwhile,the Minister of Foreign Affairs, however, declined to confirm or deny whether the men were currently detained, referring the question to the Saudi Public Prosecutor