Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed arrived in Saudi Arabia on Thursday to begin his three-day working visit upon the invitation of the Saudi Crown Prince.
Chahed’s visit to Riyadh comes barely three weeks after Saudi crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited Tunis.
According to a government statement, the Tunisian Prime Minister’s visit is part of efforts aimed at pushing bilateral relations between the two countries to wider horizons.””
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Tunisia was marred by protests from some Tunisians who believe he had a hand in the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.He has however denied the allegations.
Khashoggi was last seen on October 2 entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, and efforts to get his whereabouts ellicited conflicting accounts of information from Saudi Arabian officials, sparking a worldwide outcry.
Saudi officials initially said the journalist left the consulate unharmed, but later – under intense pressure to explain Khashoggi’s whereabouts, admitted that he was dead. They said he died from a fist-fight.
His body has however not been found yet.
With investigations still on-going, an audio clip allegedly from Saudi consulate in Turkey seemed to show that the journalist was tortured before being killed.
