Mohammed bin Ibrahim bin Amer Al-Otaibi

Mohammed bin Ibrahim bin Amer Al-Otaibi ( Arabic محمد بن إبراهيم بن عامر العتيبي, DMG Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. ʿĀmir al-ʿUtaibī ; * bl. 2017-2018) is a former Saudi diplomat .

Exequatur as consul general in Istanbul

On September 19, 2017, Salman ibn Abd al-Aziz appointed him Ministre plénipotentiaire in the Foreign Ministry.

On September 26, 2018, Jamal Khashoggi applied for an extract from the civil status register in order to get married. He was promised to pick it up personally on October 2, 2018. By the time Khashoggi arrived, a murder squad had arrived at the consulate general, probably under the leadership of the Saudi secret service. Under the direction of forensic doctor Salah Mohammed Tubaigy, Khashoggi was cut up with a bone saw.

"Do this outside; you're going to get me in trouble. (Do that outside; you'll get me in trouble.) "

- Al-Otaibi, October 2, 2018

On October 6, 2018, Otaibi held a press conference on the whereabouts of Khashoggi. The Consulate General building had doors at the front and back, and Al-Otaibi said, "Khashoggi could have gone either way."

"If those who claim to have been kidnapped are on a mission, these are just rumors that have no proof"

- Al-Otaibi, October 6, 2018

"And unfortunately we regret some of the statements made by Turkish officials who insist that (Khashoggi) is in the consulate ... without this being based on facts."

- Al-Otaibi, October 6, 2018

Upon his return on October 16, to Riyadh, he was in the on 17 October 2018 retirement was added.

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On January 17, 2017, on the occasion of his assumption of office as Consul General in Istanbul, he paid a courtesy visit to Vasip Şahin , the Governor of Istanbul Province . On March 21, 2018, he was the patron of the graduation ceremony of the Saudi School in Istanbul . On March 28, 2017 he was visited by Ibrahim Caglar, the chairman and Ömer Bal general secretary of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ICC). During the visit, mutual investments between Turkey and Saudi Arabia were discussed.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Chairs Cabinet s Session, Sep 20, 2017, [1] [2]
2. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Saudi authorities: killing Khashoggis was planned in advance. Retrieved August 24, 2019 . 
3. ↑ David D. Kirkpatrick, Carlotta Gall: Audio Offers Gruesome Details of Jamal Khashoggi Killing, Turkish Official Says . In: The New York Times . October 17, 2018, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed August 24, 2019]).
4. ↑ Khashoggi was beaten to death in front of Saudi consul general, then dismembered: sources. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 27, 2019 ; accessed on August 24, 2019 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ The Saudi consul general reportedly is heard on tape saying, "Do this outside; you're going to get me in trouble." He was told, "Shut up if you want to live.", Christian Broadcasting Network , October 17, 2018, [3] , Yeni Safak , October 17, 2018, [4] ; İnkar ve itiraf: Kaşıkçı cinayeti! Habertürk , November 19, 2018, [5]
6. ↑ Consul-general Mohammad Al-Otaibi gives journalists a tour of six-storey building, [6]
7. ^ Sophie Evans, Amber Hicks: Saudi's Consul General in Istanbul fired after 'journalist butchered in embassy'. October 17, 2018, accessed August 24, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Suudi Arabistan Başkonsolosu Mohammad Bin İbrahim Al-Otaibi, Vali Şahin'e nezaket, [7]
9. ↑ Online edition of the daily newspaper "Okaz" (Jeddah), March 21, 2018, [8]
10. ↑ Suudi Arabistan İstanbul Başkonsolosu'na ziyaret. Retrieved August 24, 2019 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
Musa'd bin Abdulmuhsin Al-Ganawi	Saudi General Consul in Istanbul from 2017 to 2018