A Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement on Friday "expressed a high appreciation of such a positive move" Turkey said on Thursday it had accepted a proposal from Saudi Arabia to cooperate on the investigation JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has welcomed the Turkish presidency’s positive response to Saudi Arabia"s request to set up a joint working group to investigate the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi. A Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement on Friday "expressed a high appreciation of such a positive move" and that it had full confidence in the joint action team through to carry out the tasks that it was entrusted with. #Statement | Official Saudi source welcomes Turkish Presidency Declaration, in response to Saudi request, to form bilateral experts" Joint Action Team, to disclose merits of citizen #JamalKhashoggi "s disappearance pic.twitter.com/7Wo90jitz9 — Foreign Ministry (@KSAmofaEN) October 12, 2018 Turkey said on Thursday it had accepted a proposal from Saudi Arabia to cooperate on the investigation. Khashoggi, a Saudi national and journalist who had been based in the US, has been missing since Oct. 2, when he visited the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. A security delegation consisting of Saudi investigators arrived in Istanbul on Saturday to participate in the investigations.