Saudis sign deals as Khashoggi death overshadows forum

Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, is seeking to show that it’s business as usual after dozens of top bankers, chief executives, and foreign dignitaries cancelled plans to attend the summit

Saudi Arabia's investment forum opens in glittering convention centre. Pic: Getty

Saudi Arabia signed more than 25 deals ranging from energy to metals at its flagship investment forum on Tuesday, as Turkey added to outrage overshadowing the event by urging the kingdom to hold culprits inthe killing of government critic Jamal Khashoggi to account.

State-run Saudi Aramco signed 15 of the agreements, including deals with French oil giant Total, oil services provider Halliburton and Hyundai Heavy Industries.

Commodities trading house Trafigura Group and an ...