A Saudi official leaves from the Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Turkey October 12, 2018. (Reuters photo)
ANKARA, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- A Saudi delegation arrived in Turkey on Friday for discussions on the case of journalist Jamal Khashoggi who disappeared last week at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul.
The Saudi delegation will have talks with Turkish authorities at the weekend, a Turkish diplomat told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Ankara will seek further cooperation with Saudi authorities upon the investigation carried out by Turkish police on the missing journalist, said the diplomat.
A joint Turkish-Saudi team will investigate the disappearance of Khashoggi upon the kingdom's request, said the Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin on Thursday.
The consensus for a working team came after an initial permission for scene search in consulate by Turkish police was rescinded by Riyadh after local media published the names and travel details of 15 Saudis allegedly involved in the disappearance of a prominent journalist.
Khashoggi, a journalist and columnist for The Washington Post, has been missing since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 to get documents for his marriage.
The 59-year-old journalist has been living in self-imposed exile in the United States since he fled the kingdom in September 2017.
Unconfirmed reports said that Khashoggi was likely killed inside the compound, which was denied by Saudi officials as "baseless."
