Soon after, Mr Pompeo arrived at a royal palace, where King Salman greeted him. Saudi officials previously have called the allegations “baseless”, but reports in US media suggested the kingdom may acknowledge the writer was killed there. Mr Trump, after speaking with King Salman, had dispatched Mr Pompeo to speak to the monarch of the world’s top oil exporter over Mr Khashoggi’s disappearance. Permission apparently came after a late Sunday night call between King Salman and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Mr Pompeo later met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Source: Irish Independent October 16, 2018 10:07 UTC