Jamal Khashoggi's murder did not come up in Sec. Pompeo's meeting with the Saudi king on Monday, a senior State Dept. official says—the latest sign the Trump administration has dropped the issue.
The murder of Washington Post Jamal Khashoggi did not come up in Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's meeting with the Saudi king on Monday, according to a senior State Department official.
President Donald Trump was dismissive on Friday of Khashoggi, the Saudi dissident who resided in Virginia, when he said that he did not raise a new United Nations report on the murder in his conversation with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Friday.U.N.
Pompeo met both the crown prince and his father King Salman in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday. In a brief 15-minute meeting, Khashoggi's killing and other human rights abuses in the country did not come up, according to the senior official, who said they did not know whether it was raised in Pompeo's one-on-one meeting with the crown prince, who is sometimes referred to by his initials"MBS.
Pompeo, who has consistently defended the Saudi leadership and said that the U.S. has to continue to investigate Khashoggi's killing, was traveling to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates Monday to bolster both partners against the threat from Iran.
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