“At this point in time, my intention is to not change my plan and to be very attentive to the information that is coming up in the next few days,” she told a news conference when asked whether she would attend the conference after several media companies and business leaders pulled out, Reuters reported on Saturday.
“Horrifying things have been reported, and I am horrified,” Lagarde said of media reports about Khashoggi’s disappearance. “But I have to conduct the business of the IMF in all corners of the world and with many governments.”
Turkish officials say they have obtained audio and video recordings that show Khashoggi was assaulted and killed soon after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2.