By Serife Cetin
BRUSSELS (AA) – European Council President Donald Tusk on Tuesday called for a “full investigation ” into Saudi journalist case.
Jamal Khashoggi, a columnist for the Washington Post newspaper, has long been feared killed at the consulate after he entered on Oct. 2 and was never seen exiting.
During a press conference after the Tripartite Social Summit held in Brussels, Tusk said he was “troubled ” by the reports on Khashoggi being killed.
Indicating that societies will not be free without a free press, Tusk said violence against journalists “has to stop “.
“This is why I call for a full investigation to establish what happened, and to hold those responsible to account, ” he said.
On Monday, Turkish and Saudi officials arrived at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul after the start of a joint probe into the missing journalist.
Saudi authorities have yet to give a clear explanation of what happened to Khashoggi, while several countries — particularly Turkey, the U.S., and the U.K. — are pressing for the mystery to be cleared up as soon as possible.
